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A&P II Radiology/Nuclear Medicine chp 20

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The medical specialty concerned with the study of x-rays is called ____________________.   show
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The medical specialty that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease is called _______________________.   show
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A substance that is _________________ permits the passage of most of the x-rays.   show
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________________ substances are those that absorb most of the x-rays they are exposed to allowing only a small fraction of the x-rays to reach the x-ray plate.   show
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An _________________ is the x-ray image of blood vessels and heart chambers obtained after contrast is injected through a catheter into the appropriate blood vessel of heart chamber.   show
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When contrast or air or both are injected into a joint, and x-ray images of the joint are obtained it is referred to as an _________________________.   show
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The x-ray image of contrast-injected blood vessels produced by taking two x-ray pictures and using a computer to subtract obscuring shadows from the second image is called __________________________.   show
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show fluoroscopy  
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show ultrasound  
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When x-rays travel from a posteriorly placed source to an anteriorly placed detector it is called a ________________________.   show
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When x-rays travel in a slanting direction at an angle from the perpendicular plane the technologist is taking an _________________.   show
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show abduction  
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Movement toward the midline of the body.   show
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turning outward   show
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Lengthening or straightening a flexed limb.   show
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bending a part of the body.   show
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turning inward   show
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show lateral decubitus  
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lying on the belly   show
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lying on the back   show
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The two types of tests used by nuclear medicine physicians to diagnose disease are called.   show
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show PET scan  
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This technique involves an IV injection of a radioactive tracer and the computer reconstruction of a 3D image based on a composite of many views.   show
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This nuclear medicine study is utilized to evaluate myocardial perfusion.   show
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A diagnostic x-ray procedure whereby cross-sectional image of a specific body segment is produced.   show
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show magnetic resonance imaging  
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Angio   show
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AP   show
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CT   show
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CXR   show
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show decubitus  
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show diagnostic imaging  
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DSA   show
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Gd   show
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IVP   show
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show kidneys, ureters and bladder  
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show lateral  
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show lumbar spine film  
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show magnetic resonance imaging  
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show magnetic resonance angiography  
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show posteroanterior  
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PET   show
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show radiofrequency ablation  
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SBFT   show
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SPECT   show
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show upper gastrointestinal (series)  
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US, U/S   show
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V/Q scan   show
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The x-ray record of the endometrial cavity and fallopian tubes obtained after the injection of contrast material through the vagina and into the endocervical canal is called _________.   show
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When physicians perform invasive procedures under fluoroscopic, CT or MR guidance for either therapeutic or diagnostic purposes it is reffered to as _______.   show
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