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Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Chpt 20 Nuclear Medicine

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