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Bonewit # 14
Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging
Question | Answer |
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contrast medium | a substance used to make a particular structure visible on a radiograph. |
Echocardiogram | An ultrasound examination of the heart. |
Enema | an injection of fluid into the rectum to aid in the elimination of feces from the colon. |
Fluroscope | Am instrument used to view internal organs and structures directly. |
Fluoroscopy | examination of a patient with a fluroscope |
radiograph | a permanent record of a picture of an internal body organ or structure produced on a radiograph film. |
radiography | the taking of permanent records of internal body organs and structures by passing x-rays through the body to act on a specially sensitized film |
radiologist | a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease using radiatioon and other imaging techniques |
radiology | the branch of medicine the deals with the use of radiation and other imaging techniques, in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. |
radiolucent | describing a structure that permits the passage of x-ray |
radiopaqe | describing a structure that obstructs the passage of x-rays |
sonogram | the record obtained with ultrasonography |
iltrasonography | the use of high frequency sound waves to produce an image of an organ or tissue |