Exam 50: Diagnostic Imaging

The supervisor at your radiology clinic has asked you to conduct a session for new employees on the topic "Reducing Exposure to Radiation." Which of the following ideas would you include in your teaching?

When used therapeutically, radiology is called ________ therapy and is used to treat cancer by preventing cellular reproduction.

Which diagnostic procedure requires the patient to avoid eating fish before the procedure?

A ________ breast biopsy is less painful and less invasive than other conventional excisional breast biopsies and is performed by a physician and a radiologic technologist.

Which of the following is characteristic of a noninvasive diagnostic procedure?

A patient who is to receive an iodine contrast medium should be asked which of the following questions?

Teresa, a 24-year-old gynecologic patient, is scheduled for a pelvic ultrasound at 10:00 AM on Thursday. Teresa asks if there is anything in particular she should do to prepare for the ultrasound. Which of the following instructions should Teresa be given?

The entire body may be scanned for "hot spots" or places where the radioisotope is concentrated, in which procedure?

The diagnostic procedure performed by a radiologist, who injects the contrast medium through a urethral catheter and then takes a series of X-rays to evaluate the function of the ureters, bladder, and urethra, is a(n) ____.

Which of the following is not permitted during patient preparation for a barium enema or an intravenous pyelogram?

Which of the following procedures is safe to use in obstetrics to evaluate the developing fetus or to detect multiple fetuses, because it does not expose the patient or the fetus to radiation?

In which procedure does the X-ray camera rotate completely around the patient on a special table while the computer compiles one cross-sectional view from each rotation of the camera?

The medical assistant should instruct women not to wear eye makeup when having which diagnostic procedure because eye makeup often contains metallic ingredients.

A procedure in which a radiologist injects contrast medium directly into the common bile duct either during or after gallbladder surgery is a(n) _________________.

Which procedure includes nonionizing radiation and a strong magnetic field to allow the physician to examine internal structures and soft tissues of any area of the body?

Which of the following is important in the proper handling and storage of X-rays?

Which instructions should be given to a patient in preparation for a barium enema?

The medical assistant may be responsible for ____.

Also known as excretory urography, ________ is performed to evaluate urinary system abnormalities or trauma to the urinary system.

A cerebral angiography is a test used to diagnose ____.