Modalities
Creates cross-sectional images using ionizing radiation?
Computed Tomography
Underlying cause is unknown
Idiopathic
The body’s initial response to a localize injury
Inflammation
From the latin word “New Growth”
Neoplasia
A non invasive scan that is used to see organs, soft tissue, and blood flow.
Ultrasound
Feelings the patient describes
Symptoms
Accumulation of fluid
Edema
Type of new growth that invades and destroys adjacent structures
Malignant
A non-invasive and radiation free scan that aligns the protons in the body.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Measurable or objective manifestations
Signs
Rupture of a blood vessel
Hemorrhage
Caused by human immunodeficiency viruses
AIDS
A functional scan that uses the injection or ingestion of radioactive isotopes
Nuclear Medicine
Probable patient outcome
Prognosis
It is known to deprive cells and tissues of oxygen and nutrients
Ischemia
New growth which closely resembles its cells of origin in structure and function
Benign
A low dose X-ray to detect breast cancer
Mammography
Identification of disease process
Diagnosis
It’s a localized area of ischemic necrosis within organs or a tissue
Infarction