Imaging

Abbreviations

100

CT

What is computerized tomography?

200

CXR

What is chest x-ray?

300

EEG

What is eloctroencephalogram?

400

IVP

What is intravenous pyelogram?

500

PET

What is positron emission tomography?

Root words

100

a vessel

What is angi/?

200

sound

What is son/?

300

radiation

What is radi/?

400

blood

What is hem/?

500

breast

What is mamm/?

Suffix

100

record/image

What is -gram/-graph?

200

look with

What is -scopy?

300

making record

What is -graphy?

400

study of

What is -logy?

500

one who studies

What is -logist?

Careers

100

x-ray tech

What is a radiographer?

200

ultrasound technologist

What is sonographer?

300

One who treats cancer patients with radiation, not a doctor.

What is radiation therapist?

400

A physician who interprets x-rays

What is a radiologist?

500

A person who takes a PET scan

What is nuclear medicine technologist?

Misc

100

Sound prefix

What is echo-?

200

bone marrow (root word)

What is myel-?

300

EKG

What is an electrocardiogram?

400

Immediate visualization of part of the body on a screen using radiography.

What is fluoroscopy?

500

MRI

What is magnetic resonance imagery?