MP FINAL - RADIOLOGY
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| RADIOLOGY | RADI/O - XRAYS - STUDY OF XRAYS AND OTHER IMAGING TECHNIQUES
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| LATERAL DECUBITOUS | THE XRAY BEAM ENTERS THE PATIENT'S CHEST AND ABDOMEN FROM THE SIDE. PATIENT LIES ON THEIR SIDE ON THE XRAY TABLE
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| AP XRAY | ANTEROPOSTERIOR - XRAY BEAM ENTERS THE PATIENTS ANTERIOR CHEST AND EXITS THROUGH THE POSTERIOR UPPER BACK. PATIENT IS LYING DOWN ON BACK. USED FOR PORTABLE XRAYS.
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| KUB | KIDNEYS, URETERS AND BLADDER XRAYS. XRAY BEAM ENTERS THE PATIENTS CHEST AND ABDOMEN.
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| ULTRASOUND | AKA SONOGRAPHY. USES PULSES OF INAUDIBLE ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES TO CREATE AN IMAGE.
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| IVP | INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM OR PYELOGRAPHY - PROCESS OF RECORDING. IODINATED CONTRAST DYE INJECTED INTO A VEIN THAT IS EXCRETED IN THE URINE BY THE KIDNEYS. IT OUTLINES THE URINARY TRACT LOOKS FOR KIDNEY STONES OR OTHER BLOCKAGES
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| DEXA | DUAL ENERGY XRAY ABSORPTIOMETRY. USES DUAL (2) XRAY BEAMS WITH DIFFERENT ENERGY LEVELS TO CREATE A TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE. CAN DETECT AS LITTLE AS 1% BONE LOSS
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| PET | POSITRON EMISSION TECHNOLOGY. PRODUCES IMAGES IN SLICES OF THE METABOLISM OF AN ORGAN.
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| HOW TO MEASURE A PATIENT'S EXPOSURE TO XRAYS | REM - UNIT OF RADIATION RAD - RADIATION ABSORPTION DOSE. 1 REM AND 1 RAD ARE THE SAME THING. 10K RAD IS A LETHAL DOSE. HALF LIFE MEASURES THE RATE OF DECAY OF RADIATION IN PATIENTS. EG. HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES 1/2 TO DISSAPATE.
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