Question | Answer |
the medical specialty that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis of disease is | nuclear medicine |
a substance that obstructs the passage of xrays is called | radiopaque |
a substance that permits the passage of xrays is called | radiolucent |
who specializes in diagnostics techniques such as ultrasound,mri, and ct scans | radiologist |
what is an in vivo test | experiments performed on living organisms |
what uses ionizing xrays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the body organs | ct scan |
what does sagittal,frontal, and cross sectional images are produced using magnetic and radio waves | mri |
what is moving the part of the body toward the midline of the body | adduction |
radiopaque substances are given and xrays taken during | contrast studies |
use of motion pictures techniques to record xray images is | cineradiography |
when a series of xrays are taken at different depths of an organ, it is called | tomography |
xray beams are focused from the body onto a screen that glows as a result of ionizing effect of xrays during | fluoroscopy |
what is imaged during an angiography | blood vessels or heart chambers |
what is imaged during a cholangiography | bile vessels |
what is imaged during an arthrography | joints |
what view do the xrays pass from the front to the back of the body | ap |
what view does xrays pass from one side of the body to the other | lateral |
what substance absorbs most of the xrays it is exposed to | radiopaque |
what is the procedure that takes metallic powder and introduces it into the large intestines and xrays are taken | barium enema |
xrays of renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein is called | ivp |