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Radiologic procedures
Question | Answer |
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Angiocardiography | heart & large vessels |
Angiography | blood vessels |
Arteriography | Arteries |
Arthography | Joints |
Barium swallow | Esophagus |
Hysterosalpingography | Uterus and uterine tubes |
IV urography | Kidneys, ureters and urinary bladder |
Lower GI series - barium enema (BE) | Colon |
Lymphangiography | Lymphatic vessels and nodes |
Myelography | Spinal canal |
Upper GI series | Esophagus, stomach and duodenum |
Bone Scan | nuclear medicine scan using techntium |
Scintigram | nuclear medicine imaging urins radiotracer |
PET scan or positrn emission tomography | Similar to CT but radioisotopes are used instead of contrast |
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) | IV injection of radiotracer and then computer reconstruction of 3D image |
Cardiolite scan | Radiophamaceutical injected IV and traced to heart muscle usually as an exercise tolerance test |
contrast studies | radiopaque material injecto to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown on the x-ray film |