Introduction Flashcards
Branch of medicine concerned with radiant energy and radioactive substances including x-rays, radioactive isotopes, ionizing radiation, and their application to preventing, diagnosing, and treatment of disease
Radiology
What are the 2 types of radiology?
Interventional and diagnostic radiology
The type of radiology that diagnoses and treats conditions non-surgically
Interventional radiology
The type of radiology that evaluates every system of the body
Diagnostic radiology
What are the modalities of imaging?
Conventional radiography and advanced imaging
Any image made by the century-old technology of x-ray production
Conventional radiography
Whole body or sectional imaging studies that require sophisticated computer post-processing
Advanced imaging
Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic ultrasound, and nuclear medicine imaging
The subdivisions of advanced imaging