Question | Answer |
Creates images by x-rays, magnetic fields, sonar, and radioactivity which allow the doctor to diagnose the clients disease or injury. | Diagnostic radiologist |
Deals with the use of radiation in the treatment of cancer. | Radiation oncologist |
Imaging process used to guide the catheter through the artery into the heart and then into coronary artery which is projected onto a fluorescent screen | Fluoroscopy |
Daily doses of cobalt 60 for several weeks | External beam therapy |
Three job responsibilities of the radiologic technologist | Transport patients, explain procedures, assist the radiologist during procedures |
Noninvasive procedures deal with | bones |
Procedures done by nuclear medicine technologists | Gallium scan, Radioactive iodine uptake, gastroesophageal reflux scan |
Obtains transverse cross sectional anatomical images of the body, can give size shape and location of a tumor or organ, and views in slices | CT scan |
Takes longitudinal images of the body and uses an electromagnetic field | MRI |
Safety for Radiation | Use lead shielding aprons and gloves, wear a radiation monitor, cover reproductive organs at all times, and perform procedures correctly the first time |
Extreme allergic reaction | anaphylaxis |
Clients must be assessed for what before administering contrast media? | Food and medicine allergies |
Uses radionuclide sources to treat tumors in the body. | Brachytherapy |
Example of brachytherapy | radioactive seeds placed in prostate |
Used to pass sound waves through the body which make echoes that convert into images | transducer |
invasive procedure that deals with the renal pelvis and ureter | pyelogram |
invasive procedure that deals with salivary ducts and glands | sialogram |
invasive procedure that deals with the bladder | cystogram |
What does the upper GI exam deal with? | esophagus, stomach, duodenum |
what does an echocardiogram show and test for? | how your heart is beating and pumping blood and abnormalities in the heart muscle and valves |
How is the echocardiogram performed? | transducer records the sound wave echoes your heart produces |
who performs an echocardiogram? | sonographer |
who reads an echocardiogram? | physician |
Produce images of breast tissue. | Mammography |
Bone densitometry test checks for | osteoporosis |