Radio & Nuclear Med Word Scramble
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| Type | Term | Definition | Note |
| Radiologic | Angiography | Procedure in which contrast dye is injected into a blood vessel to outline it on an x-ray; the resulting image is an angiogram. | •When done in an artery, the procedure is arteriography and the image is an arteriogram.•When done in a vein, the procedure is venography and the image is a venogram. |
| Radiologic | Echocardiography | Procedure in which ultra high-frequency sound waves are bounced off the heart to create an image called an echocardiogram. | |
| Radiologic | Doppler ultrasonography | Procedure that uses Doppler technology and ultra high-frequency sound waves to create an image of blood flow in an artery or vein | |
| Nuclear Medicine | Multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan | Procedure that takes images of the heart chambers and calculates the ejection fraction. | •Patient is injected with a radioactive tracer that binds to red blood cells.•A camera records gamma rays from the tracer and coordinates the image with the patient’s ECG. |
| Nuclear Medicine | Myocardial perfusion scan | Procedure that combines a cardiac exercise stress test with injection of a radioactive tracer. | •Tracer collects in parts of the heart with the best blood flow.•Areas of decreased or absent tracer uptake indicate poor perfusion or dead tissue |
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