Exam 20: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities

Nuclear medicine is an excellent imaging modality to evaluate kidney transplants.

Scan times with functional MRI are generally longer than a PET study of the brain.

Which one of the following imaging modalities is best for detecting an intracapsular rupture of a breast implant?

In which quadrant of the left breast would the 7 o'clock position be located?

Regions of metastatic disease in the body have a(n)____ uptake of 18F-FDG.

Positron emission tomography (PET)detects breast cancer by measuring the increased metabolism of ____ by cancerous cells.

Pregnancy is considered an absolute contraindication for an MRI procedure.

A patient with a spine T-score of between -1 and -2.5 is classified according to the World Health Organization as:

The pigmented area surrounding the nipple is termed the:

Match each definition with the correct term.(Use each choice only once.) -Aspect of acoustic energy reflected back toward the source of origin

Match each definition with the correct term.(Use each choice only once.) -Anatomic structure or region of the body that produces fewer echoes than normal

Computed radiography has lower operating costs over analog mammography imaging.

Breathing must be suspended for projections of the breast.

Which of the following factors helps reduce peristaltic motion during an MRI of the abdomen?

Which region of the spine is scanned during a DXA procedure?

What is the primary reason for high patient doses delivered during screening mammography?

Fibrocystic breast is considered to be a benign condition.

Which generation of ultrasound unit first introduced a two-dimensional gray scale?

The type of atom whose nucleus disintegrates spontaneously is a(n):

Which imaging modality is most ideal for a breast with an implant?