Imaging Techniques

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Ultrasonography:

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Imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves, ultrasound, that bounce off body tissues and are recorded to produce an image of an organ or tissue.

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Scan:

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Carefully studying an area by recording and displaying multiple images of the area.

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Radiography:

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Production of captured shadow images on photographic film through through the action of ionizing radiation passing through the body from an external source.

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Fluoroscopy:

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Radiographic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen instead of a photographic plate.

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Radiopharmaceutical:

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Radioactive drug that travels to area to be scanned.

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Nuclear Scan:

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Uses radiopharmaceutical for visualization of target.

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Tomography:

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Technique producing a thin cross-section of tissue (tome=cut)

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Computed Tomography (CT Scan):

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Radio graphic techniques that uses a narrow beam of x-rays, rotating in a full arc around the patient to image the body in cross sectional slices.

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Magnetic Reasoning Imaging:

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Radiographic techniques that use electromagnetic energy to produce cross-sectional images of the body at many planes.

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Position Emission Tomography:

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Radiographic technique which combines computed tomography and the use of radiopharmaceuticals (radioactivity labeled drugs).

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Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography:

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Type of nuclear imaging study to scan organs after an injection of a radioactive tracer.

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Endoscopy

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Direct visualization by inserting a probe (scope) inside (endo) the body.