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Terms for Radiology

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barium   a soft, silvery-white metallic element used in x-raying the digestive system and in making fireworks and white pigments  
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DEXA scan   a type of bone density test (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) using two (dual) x-ray beams with different energy levels to create a two-dimensional image  
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Doppler ultrasonography   ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, in which frequency-shifted ultrasound reflections produced by moving targets in the bloodstream, usually red blood cells, are used to determine the direction and velocity of blood flow.  
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duplex   a molecule having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNA and RNA  
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enema   the introduction of liquid into the rectum to evacuate the bowels, medicate, or nourish  
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gadolinium   a metallic element that responds to a magnetic field and can be injected intravenously during magnetic resonance angiography  
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gallium   a soft, silvery metal used as an IV drug to detect inflammation, infection, and benign and cancerous tumors  
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indium   a soft, silvery metal used as an IV drug to look for cancerous tumors  
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iodine   a purple-black, shiny crystalline trace element in soil used as an IV drug to image the thyroid gland  
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krypton   a colorless, odorless gas used to image the lung when inhaled, also used in lasers for surgery  
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OncoScint   a nuclear medicine procedure used to detect areas of increased activity that are metastases from a cancerous tumor’s primary site in the colon or ovary  
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positron   a positively charged particle that has the same mass as an electron, but the opposite charge  
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ProstaScint   a nuclear medicine procedure used to detect areas of increased activity for metastases from prostate cancer  
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radiopaque   being opaque to radiation and especially X-rays  
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SPECT   a scan of the heart with a moving gamma camera which creates images as “slices”  
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technetium   a silvery gray metal used as an IV drug in nuclear imaging and to image various areas of the body  
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thallium   a gray metallic metal used as an IV drug to image the heart  
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xenon   a colorless, odorless gas used to image the lungs when inhaled  
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x-ray   a form of invisible ionizing radiation  
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