| Question | Answer |
| 1) What is the medical speciality that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis of disease? | Nuclear Medicine |
| 2) What does a radiologist do? | Specializes diagnostic techniques such as ultrasound, MRI, and CT scans |
| 3) Which of the following is true of a radiopaque substance? | Absorbs most of the x-rays it is exposed to. |
| 4) Which best describes a barium enema? | metallic powder is introduced to the large intestine and x-rays are taken. |
| 5) X-Ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein? | IVP (Intravenous Pyelogram) |
| 6) X-Ray of the spinal cord | Myelogram |
| 7) Arthrogram (is an..?) | An x-ray of a joint |
| 8) Tomography | describes an x-ray to show an organ in depth |
| 9) What best characterizes a CT scan? | uses ionizing x-rays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the body organs |
| 10) What best characterizes an MRI? | sagittal, frontal, and cross-sectional images are produced using magnetic and radio waves |
| 11) in which x-ray view is the patient upright with the back to the x-ray machineand the film to the chest? | PA view |
| 12) What is the meaning of adduction | Moving the part of the body towards the midline of the body |
| 13) What is a substance that gives off high-energy particles or rays? | Radioisotope |
| 14) In which test is a radiopharmaceutical injected intravenously and traced within the vessels of the lung? | Perfusion study of the lung |
| 15) What is an "in vivo" test? | Experiments are performed in a LIVING organism (in vivo = in living) |
| 16) What can liver and spleen scans detect? | Cirrhosis and splenomegaly due to abscess or tumor |
| 17) Interventional radiologists perform all of the following except? | ..except.. Administration of radiation therapy. |
| 18) What is Thallium 201? | radionuclide |
| 19) In which procedure is a transducer used? | Ultrasound |
| 20) PACS is a ? | system to replace traditional films with digital equivalents |
| 21) FDG is a? | Radiopharmaceutical used ina PET scan |
| 22) DICOM is a? | Protocol for transmission between imaging devices |
| 23) SPECT is a? | technique using a radioactive substance and ac ompuer to create three-dimensional images |
| 24) Radiopaque substances are given and x-rays are taken? | contrast studies |
| 25) use of motion picture techniques torecord x-ray images? | cineradiography |
| 26) Series of x-rays taken at different depths of an organ | tomography |
| 27) echoes of high-frequency sound waves are used to diagnose disease | ultrasonography |
| 28) x-ray beams are focused from the body onto a image intensifier that glows as a result of the ionizing effect of x-rays | fluroscopy |
| 29) A magnetic field and radio waves are used to form images of the body | magnetic resonance imaging MRI |
| 30) x-ray pictures are taken circularly around an area of the body and a computer synthesizes the information into a composite axial picture | Computed Tomography |
| 31) Therapeutic procedures are performed by a radiologist under the guidance of fluroscopy or ultrasound | interventional radiology |
| 32) Diagnostic Test on JOINTS | arthrography |
| 33) Diagnostic Test on SPINAL CORD | myelography |
| 34) Diagnostic Test on UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES | hysterosalpingography |
| 35) Diagnostic Test on BLOOD VESSELS | angiography |
| 36) Diagnostic Test on ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE | Upper GI series |
| 37) Diagnostic Test on LOWER GI TRACT | barium enema |
| 38) Diagnostic Test on RENAL PELVIS of kidney and urinary tract | intravenous pyelograph |
| 39) Diagnostic Test on BILE VESSELS (ducts) | cholangiography |
