This uses an agent called contrast media to better visualize soft tissues
Contrast studies
Measures the flood of blood into limbs and organs
Doppler sonography
Visualizes metabolism in different body parts; after a patient swallows or is injected with a radioactive tracer the gamma rays emitted are detected with a gamma camera
Nuclear Medicine (NM)
Visualizes kidneys, ureters, and urinary bladder
ntravenous urography; intravenous pyelography (IVP)
using imaging to guide surgical procedures (e.g., the placement of a stent in an artery)
Interventional Radiology
This visualizes large intestine following administration of radioactive barium enema
Lower GI series (barium enema)
Imaging of the heart and its function
Echocardiography
Measures bone density
Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Visualizes blood vessels
Angiography
using all types of imaging modalities to make a diagnosis
Diagnostic Radiology
Visualizes lymphatic structures (lymph vessels and lymph nodes)
Lymphangiography
Charges the hydrogen atoms of the body’s cells and detects the change with a magnetic field to visualize soft tissue in detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Visualizes the breast
mammography
Visualizes joints (knee, shoulder, and ankle)
Arthrography
Another name for ultrasound technologist, who produces sonographs of internal organs using sound waves at high frequency
sonographer
Uses computers to construct cross-sectional views (slices) of the body from x-ray images, may assemble into a 3D image if needed
Computed Tomography (CT)
Visualizes blood vessels and the cardiovascular system
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
Uses the gamma rays released from injected radioactive tracers to create 3D images that visualize metabolic processes and blood flow. Often paired with CT, which can be done in the same machine at the same time
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
a physician who specializes in using medical imaging and radiation to diagnose and treat disease and injury
radiologist
perform and assist in procedures to diagnose and treat heart problems.
Cardiovascular technologists
Live images for monitoring pregnancy, detecting cysts, stones, masses, and visualizing/measuring internal organs
Sonography
Visualizes blood flow in the brain while the patient performs activities to assess how the brain is working
Functional MRI (fMRI)
Visualizes uterus and fallopian tubes
Hysterosalpingography
This type of medical treatment uses radiation and other modalities to treat cancer
Radiation Oncology
These medical professionals work under the supervision of the medical physicist. They calculate and plan radiation doses to treat cancer.
Medical dosimetrists