Modalities
This imaging modality is commonly used to view soft tissues and is known for its detailed images of the brain and spine.
What is MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
Known as the "Father of X-rays," this physicist discovered X-rays in 1895 and took the first X-ray image of his wife's hand.
Who is Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen?
This acronym stands for the system that stores and manages digital medical images in healthcare facilities.
What is PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)?
This word refers to the process of explaining a procedure to a patient and getting their permission to proceed.
What is informed consent?
This element, often associated with radiology, was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie and is known for its radioactive properties.
What is radium?
This quick, commonly used imaging technique utilizes X-rays to capture images of the chest, abdomen, and bones.
What is an X-ray?
This scientist won two Nobel Prizes and made significant contributions to the understanding and use of radioactivity in medicine.
Who is Marie Curie?
In MRI technology, this acronym refers to a common imaging sequence used to differentiate between various tissue types based on their relaxation times.
What is T1 (T1-weighted imaging)?
This term describes the ideal position in which patients are placed to reduce motion and improve the quality of radiographic images.
What is immobilization?
This body part was the first to be X-rayed by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, showing the bones and a ring on his wife's finger.
What is the hand?
This imaging modality is used to visualize blood flow through vessels after injecting a contrast agent and is often performed in real-time.
What is angiography?
In 1913, this American inventor developed the rotating anode X-ray tube, a technology still used in modern radiology equipment.
Who is William D. Coolidge?
This acronym refers to a technique that combines multiple X-ray images taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional images of the body.
What is CT (Computed Tomography)?
Radiologic technologists use this protective device to minimize patient exposure to ionizing radiation, especially around reproductive organs.
What is a lead shield or lead apron?
In radiography, this unique 3D imaging technique was first invented in the 1970s and has become essential for detailed internal body scans.
What is CT (Computed Tomography)?
This modality uses sound waves to produce images of organs and tissues, and it’s often used in obstetrics and cardiology.
What is ultrasound?
This radiologist introduced the technique of cerebral angiography in the 1920s, allowing doctors to visualize blood vessels in the brain for the first time.
Who is Egas Moniz?
This acronym describes the process of using X-rays to examine dense breast tissue and identify abnormalities in mammography.
What is DBT (Digital Breast Tomosynthesis)?
This term describes the act of maintaining a clear, respectful, and professional relationship with patients, ensuring that personal boundaries are respected.
What is professional rapport?
This rare condition, sometimes discovered incidentally on X-rays, involves stones that form within the veins of the urinary tract.
What are phleboliths?
This modality uses a small amount of radioactive material to visualize metabolic processes in the body, particularly for oncology, cardiology, and neurology.
What is PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography)?
Known for his work in ultrasound imaging, this Austrian-American neurologist and psychiatrist helped develop the first hand-held ultrasound device for medical imaging in the 1940s.
Who is Karl Dussik?
This advanced MRI acronym represents an imaging technique that tracks water diffusion to map white matter pathways in the brain.
What is DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging)?
This communication technique is used to ensure understanding by having the patient repeat back key information, helping to confirm that they comprehend the procedure.
What is the teach-back method?
This unusual type of X-ray imaging technique captures dynamic movement of swallowing and is often used to assess patients with swallowing difficulties.
What is a barium swallow or fluoroscopy of swallowing?