Terms
time required for a radioactive substance to lose mass
half-life
DI
diagnostic imaging
Which term describes an x-ray test to show an organ in depth?
tomography
What does a radiologist do?
Specializes diagnostic techniques such as ultrasound, MRI and CT scans
most commonly requested chest x ray view
PA Posteroanterior
process, test, or procedure is performed or observed outside a living organism
in vitro
CT Scan
Computed (axial) Tomography
X-Ray of a blood vessel
Angiogram
What is the medical specialty that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis of disease?
nuclear medicine
lying down
recumbent
use of x-rays to produce real time video images
Fluoroscopy
PET
positron emission tomography
element in contrast used to view GI tract
Barium
What do we call a substance that absorbs most of the x-rays it is exposed to
radiopaque
lengthening or straightening of limb
extension
rate of absorption of a radionucleotide intro an organ or tissue
uptake
EUS
endoscopic ultrasonography
X-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein:
IVP
Doctor uses ionizing x-rays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the body organs
CT Scan
turning around
eversion
x ray record of endometrial cavity and fallopian tubes
hysterosalpingography
Gd
Gadolinium MRI contrast Scan
Myelogram is an x-ray of:
Spinal Cord
Doc uses this substance which gives off high-energy particles or rays in imaging
radioisotope
lying down on one's side
lateral decubitus