Radiology Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
cineradiography | use of motion picture techniques during fluoroscopy |
computed tomography | CT / cross-section image of a specific body segment is produced |
contrast studies | materials are injected to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue |
fluorescence | emission of glowing light |
fluoroscopy | x-rays produce flurescent image |
gamma camera | machine to detect radiopharmaceuticals in body |
gamma rays | high-energy rays emitted by radioactive ubstances |
half-life | time required for a radioactive substance to lose half its radioactivity |
interventional radiology | therapeutic procedures performed by a radiologist |
in vitro | measured or observed outside a living organism |
in vivo | measured or observed in a living organism |
ionization | transformation of electrically neutral substances into electrically charged ones |
labeled compound | radiopharmaceutical |
magnetic resonance | MR / magnetic field to form sagittal, coronal, and axial images |
nuclear medicine | medical specialty / studies uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis |
positron emission tomography | PET / radioactive substances given IV and emit positrons |
radioimmunoassay | test combines use of radioactive chemicals and antibodies to detect substances in blood |
radioisotope | radioactive form of a substance |
radiolucent | permitting the passage of most x-rays |
radionuclide | radioactive chemical element |
radiopaque | obstructing the passage of x-rays |
radiopharmaceutical | radioactive drug / administered safely |
roentgenology | study of x-rays |
scan | term for images of organs, parts, or transverse sections |
scintigraphy | two dimensional images after administration of radiopharmaceutical imaging agent |
SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomography |
tagging | attaching radionuclide to chemical and following thru body |
tracer studies | radionuclides used as tags and followed thru body |
ultrasound | high frequency sound waves echo off parts of body |
uptake | rate of absorption of radionuclide into organ or tissue |
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