Haney Med Term C20 7
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| abduction | Movement of a limb away from the body
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| adduction | movement of a limb toward of the axis of the body
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| anteroposterior | from the front of the back of the body. commonly associated with the direction of the x-ray beam
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| aortography | A radiographic process in which the aorta and its branches are injected with any various contrast media for visualizations
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| arthrography | A method of radiographically visualizing the inside of a joint by injecting air of contrast medium
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| axial | pertaining to or situated on the axis of a structure or part of the body
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| betatron | A cyclic accelerator that produces high energy electrons for radiotherapy treatments
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| brachytherapy | the placement of radioactive sources in contact with or implanted into the tissues to be treated
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| cineradiography | the filming with a movie camera of the images that appear on a fluorescent screen, especially those images of body structures that have been injected wit a nontoxic, radiopaque medium for diagnostic purpose
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| computed tomography | an x-ray technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross section of tissue structure
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| digital radiography | any method of x-ray image formation that uses a computer to store an manipulate data
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| Doppler effect | the apparent change in frequency of sound or light waves emitted by a source as it movies away from or toward an observer
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| eversion | a turning outward of inside out, such a turning of the foot outward
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| extension | a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones, such as bending the elbow,which decreases the angle between the humerus and the ulna
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| flexion | A movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones, such as bending the elbow, which decreases the angle between the humerus and ulna
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| fluorescence | the emission of light of one wavelength when exposed to light of a different, usually shorter wavelength, a property possessed by certain substances
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| fluoroscopy | a technique in radiology for visually examining a part of the body or the function of an organ using a fluoroscope
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| gamma camera | a device that uses the emission of light from a crystal struck by gamma rays to produce an image of the distribution of radioactive material in a body organ
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| half life | the time required for a radioactive substance to loose 50% of its activity though decay
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| interstitial therapy | radiotherapy in which needles or wires that contain radioactive material and implanted directly into tumor areas
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| inversion | an abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inside out, such as uterine inversion, also refers to turning inward, as in iversion of the ankle
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| lethal | capable of causing death
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