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Radiologic procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angiocardiography | heart & large vessels |
| Angiography | blood vessels |
| Arteriography | Arteries |
| Arthography | Joints |
| Barium swallow | Esophagus |
| Hysterosalpingography | Uterus and uterine tubes |
| IV urography | Kidneys, ureters and urinary bladder |
| Lower GI series - barium enema (BE) | Colon |
| Lymphangiography | Lymphatic vessels and nodes |
| Myelography | Spinal canal |
| Upper GI series | Esophagus, stomach and duodenum |
| Bone Scan | nuclear medicine scan using techntium |
| Scintigram | nuclear medicine imaging urins radiotracer |
| PET scan or positrn emission tomography | Similar to CT but radioisotopes are used instead of contrast |
| Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) | IV injection of radiotracer and then computer reconstruction of 3D image |
| Cardiolite scan | Radiophamaceutical injected IV and traced to heart muscle usually as an exercise tolerance test |
| contrast studies | radiopaque material injecto to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown on the x-ray film |