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Radiology

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Anechoic   images that appear black on ultrasound scans.  
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Bucky   A component of X-ray units that hold the x-ray film cassettes and moves the grid during the x-ray exposure.  
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Anode   A positively charged electrode by which the electrons leave a device.  
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Cathode   The negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device.  
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Annular array   Fabricated by cutting concentric rings into a transducer substrate to create a series of annular elements.  
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Collimators   Devices used in the x-rays tube housing, along with an arrangement of mirrors and lights.  
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ALARA   As low as reasonably achievable. Making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation.  
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Contrast   The difference in density or difference in the degree of grayness between areas of the radiographic image.  
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Direct Exposure film   A film consists of a thin, transparent sheet of polyester or similar material.  
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Distance enhancement   couldn't find this one i don't have my book today.  
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Echoic   the imitation of a natural sound.  
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Film latitude   the ability of an emulsion to record a wide range of densities.  
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Film-focal Distance (FFD)   the distance between the center of the anode of the x-ray tube and the film  
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Fluroscopy   a study of moving body structures - similar to and X-ray.  
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Focused Grids   a device consisting essentially of a series of narrow lead strips closely spaced on their edges and separated by spacers of low density materials  
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Heel effect   a variation of the intensity of x-rays emitted by the anode depending on the direction of emission along the anode-cathode axis.  
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Hyperechoic   Lesion defined by an echogenicity greater than that of subcutaneous fat or equal to that.  
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Hypoechoic   Mass tissue in the body thats more dense or solid than usual.  
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Intensifying Screens   used in the x-ray cassette to intensify the effect of the x-ray photon by producing a larger number of light photons.  
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Isoechoic   A mammograpic mass located in fatty tissue and not depicted at fundamental US.  
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Kilovoltage peak(kVp)   The maximum high voltage applied across an x-ray tube during the creation of x-rays within it.  
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Latent Image   an invisible image produced by the exposure to light of a photosensitive material such as photographic film.  
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Maximum permissible dose (MPD)   the amount of ionizing radiation a person may be exposed to supposedly without being harmed.  
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Milliamperage(mA)   a major factor in determining the quantity of x-rays produced  
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Mirror Image   when an ultrasound beam is not reflected directly back to the transducer after hitting a reflective surface.  
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Object Film Distance(OFD)   The distance between the object and the film.  
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Penumbra Effect   A half-shadow that occurs when a light source is only partly covered by an object.  
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Radiographic Density   a measure of the degree of film darkening.  
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Radiolucent   transparent to x-rays  
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Radiopaque   opaque to x-rays or similar radiation.  
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Rem   a unit of effective absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in human tissue.  
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Sievert(SV)   The SI unit for the amount of ionizing radiation required to produce the same biological effect as one rad of high-penetration x-rays, equivalent to a gray for x-rays  
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Slice thickness   The resolution of the scan  
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Sonolucent   allowing passage of ultrasonic waves without production of echoes that are due to reflection of some of the waves  
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Source-image distance(SID)   The distance measured between the focal spot target on a x-ray tube to the image receptor of a x-ray cassette.  
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Ultrasonography   a technique using echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate objects or areas of different density in the body.  
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Thorax   A chest radiograpgh  
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Abdomen   abdominal x-ray uses a very small dose of ionizing radiation to produce pictures of the inside of the abdominal cavity  
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Xyphoid   the smallest of the three parts of the sternum  
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Thoracic inlet   The most superior aperture to the thorax and the boundary of the roof of the mediastinum.  
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Axillary   A view useful for detecting anterior or posterior shoulder dislocations that are not evident in the AP view.  
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Inguinal   swelling or pain in the groin.  
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Ventral   Body area situated toward the back or top line of quadrupeds  
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Dorsal   Toward the back  
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Medial   toward the mid line  
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Lateral   away from the median  
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Cranial   toward the head  
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Caudal   towards the tail  
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Rostral   towards the nose  
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Palmar   caudal aspect on the front limb  
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Plantar   caudal aspect of the rear limb.  
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Analgesia   the inibility to feel pain  
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arrhythmia   improper beating of the heart  
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atelectasis   complete or partial collapse of a lung or lobe of a lung  
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auscultation   the action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs.  
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Bradycardia   slower than expected heart rate.  
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capillary refill time   time needed for the color to return  
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Central catheter   a catheter placed into a large vein for access  
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closed suction drain   used to remove fluids that build up in areas of your body after surgery or when you have an infection.  
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debridement   the removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound.  
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decubital ulcer   technical term for bedsore  
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dyspnea   difficult breathing  
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eschar   dead tissue that eventually sloughs off healthy skin after an injury  
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euthanasia   the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.  
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hyperthermia   when the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature.  
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hypothermia   when the body loses heat  
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intraosseous   the process of injecting directly into the marrow of a bone.  
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lavage   washing out of a body cavity, such as the colon or stomach.  
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Mentation   mental activity  
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Normothermia   the condition at which a body is at normal temp  
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Nystagmus   involuntary eye movement which may cause the eye to move rapidly  
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orthopnea   discomfort when lying down flat  
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penrose drain   a soft, flexible rubber tube used as a surgical drain  
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percussion   a method of physical examination  
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phlebitis   inflammation if a vein  
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presenting complaint   couldnt find  
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Tachy cardia   faster heart rate then normal  
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Tenesmus   a continual or recurrent inclination to evacuate the bowels, cause by disorder of the rectum or other illness  
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Sertor   couldnt find  
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Stridor   a high - pitched, whistling sound most often heard while taking in a breath.  
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Pulse deficit   a deficit that occurs when there are fewer pulses than there are heartbeats  
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tachypnea   breathing that is abnormally rapid and often shallow  
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