radiology

Question 1

what organs are x-rays good for?

Answer 1

heart, lungs, bowel with air

Question 2

what organs are x-rays not good for?

Answer 2

soft tissue

Question 3

what is angiography best used for?

Answer 3

vessels and interventions

Question 4

what is CT good for?

Answer 4

most body parts

Question 5

what is MR good for?

Answer 5

soft tissue, young and pregnant

Question 6

what is ultrasound good for?

Answer 6

fluid filled structures, superficial parts, young and pregnant

Question 7

nuclear medicine

Answer 7

functional imaging; whatever the specific target of the study is; best for physiological imagine

Question 8

what technique has no radiation?

Answer 8

ultrasound and MR

Question 9

what technique has the most radiation

Answer 9

CT, angiography, nuclear medicine

Question 10

what has the best spatial resolution?

Answer 10

x-ray

Question 11

What is fluoro best used for?

Answer 11

GI investigations

Question 12

mammogram

Answer 12

x-ray that uses low energies to bring out differences between fat and soft tissue

Question 13

structures that are _____ or have ______ are lighter on x-rays

Answer 13

denser; higher atomic number (bone not air)

Question 14

fluoroscopy

Answer 14

real time x-rays used for barium swallow

Question 15

MRI

Answer 15

uses magnets to excite protons be ware of the magnets

Question 16

what contrast does angiography use?

Answer 16

iodinated contrast

Question 17

x-ray

Answer 17

shooting x-rays through the body and they get blocked by certain objects