Question | Answer |
Abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
Adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body |
Eversion | Turning outward |
Extension | Lengthening or straightening a flexed limb |
Flexion | Bending a part of the body |
Inversion | Turning inward |
Lateral decubitus | Lying on the side |
Prone | Lying on the belly |
Recumbent | Lying down (may be prone or supine) |
Supine | Lying on the back (face up) |
Posteroanterior (PA) View | In this most commonly requested chest x-ray view, x-rays travel from a posterior placed source to an anteriorly placed detector |
Anteroposterior (AP) View | X-rays travel from an anteriorly placed source to a posteriorly placed detector |
Lateral View | In a left lateral view, x-rays travel from a source located to the right of the patient to a detected placed to the left of the patient |
Oblique View | X-rays travel in slanting direction at an angle from a perpendicular plane |
Renal Scans | used to examine the kidneys & to detect any abnormalities, such as tumors or obstruction of the renal blood flow |
Thyroid Scans | used to evaluate thyroid function |
Bone Scans | used to evaluate any degenerative and/or arthritic changes in the joints, to detect bone diseases and tumors, and/or to determine the cause of bone pain or inflammation
*inflammatory diseases, tumors, & abscesses |
Heart Scans | used to identify abnormal blood flow to the heart, to determine the extent of the damage of the heart muscle after a heart attack, and/or to measure heart function |
Brain Scans | used to investigate problems within the brain and/or in the blood circulation to the brain |
Breast Scans | often used with mammograms to locate cancerous tissue in the breast |
Radiology | is the medical specialty concerned with the study of x-rays |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | magnetic field & radio waves produce sagittal, coronal, & axial images of the body
(uses electromagnetic energy rather than x-rays) |
Nuclear Medicine | Medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances (radionuclides) in diagnosis of disease |
Ultrasound | Diagnostic procedure frequently used to assess fatel size & development |
AP | anteroposterior |
Ba | barium |
BE | barium enema |
CT | computed tomography |
CXR | chest x-ray |
DICOM | digital image communication in medicine |
DI | diagnostic imaging |
DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
ECHO | echocardiography |
EUS | endoscopic ultrasonography |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
KUB | kidneys, ureters, bladder |
LAT | lateral |
L-spine | lumbar spine |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
MRV | magnetic resonance venography |
PA | posteroanterior |
PACS | picture archival and communications system |
RFA | radiofrequency ablation |