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Radiology!
Question | Answer |
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CT scan | Numerous x-ray beams and a set of electronic x-ray detectors rotate around the patient to measure the amount of radiation that is being absorbed throughout their body |
Ultrasound | A wand that is called a transducer is glided on the outside of the body over a specific organ or area of the body. |
MRI | radio waves along with strong magnetic fields to collect and correlate deflections that are caused by atoms. |
Thermography | infrared radiation from the human body to detect tumors |
Radiologists | are medical doctors that specialize in creating pictures of things inside the body and then interpreting them |
X-rays | have waves that are very close together and they are about the length of a single molecule |
fluoroscopy | the image of the part is formed on a fluorescent screen by the transmitted radiation |
PET | looks at organs in the body by using a special type of camera and a tracer that is a radioactive chemical. |
Teleradiology | electronically transmitting of digital medical images such as x-rays and CT scans over networks |