Role guide · Imaging Room · 60 scans · 8 hours · May 2026
Maple Hospital Radiologist Guide — 60 Scans Processed, Everything Documented
I spent 8 hours working as Radiologist in Maple Hospital's Imaging Room in May 2026 and processed 60 patient scans. This guide documents the scan patterns I found, the 8 mistakes I made, and how to read scans faster once you learn the recurring templates.
Quick findings
- Scan pattern recognition accelerates rapidly after 20 scans. The first 20 are slow; scans 21-60 were noticeably faster as the 6-8 common templates became recognizable.
- Broken bone scans (40% of queue) are the fastest to read. Skeletal alignment discontinuities are visually unambiguous after a few cases.
- Lung vs cardiac ambiguity is the hardest pattern. I misread 6 of my 8 total errors in this category.
- XP rate is consistent but not the highest role. Steady throughput rewards the Radiologist role; Operating Room produces higher peak XP but requires multi-role coordination.
Scan distribution across 60 patients
Total scans processed: 60 | Correct diagnoses: 52 (87%) | Incorrect: 8 (13%)
Fractures: 24 scans | Lung patterns: 15 | Cardiac: 9 | Abdominal: 7 | Head/other: 5
| Scan Type | Count of 60 | My accuracy | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken bone (arm/leg fracture) | 24 (40%) | 100% | Low after 5 cases |
| Lung abnormalities | 15 (25%) | 80% | Medium — density zones ambiguous |
| Cardiac patterns | 9 (15%) | 78% | Medium-high — similar to lung in some templates |
| Abdominal | 7 (12%) | 86% | Medium |
| Head/neurological | 5 (8%) | 100% | Low — distinctive templates |
How to read scans efficiently
After 60 scans, my reading technique stabilized into a 3-step sequence that works for any scan type:
Scan bone regions first. Reduced density (lighter area in bone) = fracture candidate. Alignment discontinuity = break confirmed. This step takes 2-3 seconds and eliminates 40% of scan types.
If no skeletal finding, check soft tissue density for irregular zones. Lung abnormalities show as asymmetric density in the chest area. Cardiac patterns show density anomaly near the heart region outline. Abdominal patterns are identifiable by position.
After 15-20 scans, you will recognize recurring templates. The game uses a finite set of scan image variations. Once you have seen each template, step 1 and 2 become rapid confirmation rather than discovery.
The 8 scans I got wrong — what went wrong
All 8 of my incorrect readings came from two ambiguous patterns:
- Lung vs cardiac ambiguity (6 errors): Two scan templates share similar chest density patterns. One indicates a lung condition (Asthma or similar), the other a cardiac condition. I consistently misread the cardiac template as lung in my first 30 scans until I identified the distinguishing detail — a subtle outline asymmetry in the cardiac template near the lower-left heart region.
- Abdominal scan orientation (2 errors): Two abdominal scan templates appear nearly identical but are oriented differently. Misreading the orientation led to wrong condition identification. Fixing this: I now check the reference orientation marker at the top of each scan image before reading the content.
XP and role context
The Radiologist role is consistent XP when the Imaging Room queue is fed regularly. The constraint is upstream: if Intake Room is understaffed, the scan queue slows. My most productive sessions were when 2-3 players were in Intake simultaneously, creating a steady flow to Imaging. Slowest sessions were solo Intake with one other player handling everything from the front of the queue.
For XP-per-hour optimization: play Radiologist when the server has at least 6 players and the role distribution includes multiple Intake and Doctor players. Playing Radiologist in a low-population server means waiting for the queue rather than reading.