X-Ray
The oldest form of imaging, 2-D imaging and deals with bones -- the densest part of your body.
What is X-Ray?
Ultrasound is also referred to as... (give at least two names).
What is a sonogram, sonograph, doppler, duplex, or echo?
A radioactive isotope that is made up of a modified form of this.
What is glucose?
The item that protects you from radiation.
What is a lead apron?
A sonogram of the heart - not to be confused with an EKG.
What is an echocardiogram?
The shelf life of the radioactive material used in Nuclear scans.
What is 6-10 hours?
A moving x-ray used for ortho care and joint care. Allows you to see how everything goes together when you flex and extend.
What is Fluoroscopy?
An ultrasound uses this to obtain the picture.
What is sound and sonic echoes?
The ways in which the nuclear medicine can enter the body. There are three.
What is injected, inhaled or swallowed?
The scan most commonly ordered for osteoporosis. which makes your bones look like swiss cheese. The machine has two beams instead of one.
What is a Dexa Scan?
What is Low risk and not as clear?
Bone scan is used in nuclear medicine to identify this. (EX: glucose is injected and it communes around a broken bone because the bone is trying to repair itself.)
What is Trauma?
This scan is used to diagnose breast cancer which can be found in both men and women. There are two types, routine and diagnostic. A diagnostic may be done due to an inconclusive screening mammo, discharge, pain etc.
What is a Mammogram?
The difference between a breast ultrasound and other ultrasounds.
What is a different transducer?
Dexa measures Mass, but bone scans measure this.
What is structure?