Exam 19: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Both CT scans and MRI scans are types of tomography that show many individual "slice" images.

A grayscale ultrasonography,or B scan,is ________ dimensional.

________ is the trade name for the combination of indium-111 and monoclonal antibodies.

Which refers to technology used to produce audible sounds from the body (such as blood flowing through an artery or the heartbeat of a fetus)?

An arthrography involves injecting a contrast dye into a ________ to produce an image.

The abbreviation for chest x-ray is ________.

The suffix -graphy means ________.

The combining form later/o- means ________.

Explain what x-rays are.

Mrs.Jeanne Smith had a DEXA scan to determine if she had ________.

The contrast medium that is instilled into the rectum to outline the colon and rectum for a radiologic procedure is ________.

An intravenous cholangiography will help diagnose ________.

In a barium enema the barium outlines both the colon and rectum.

Which is the CORRECT spelling of the word for the procedure that uses x-rays and technology to create an image of the internal body?

A ________ is a positively charged particle that has the same mass as an electron,but the opposite charge.

Which type of procedure uses pulses of inaudible,ultra-high-frequency sound waves to create images of the internal structures of the body?

Why are PET scans only available in large hospitals?

Radioactive substances that emit positrons are used in ________ scans.

Although the heel or wrist bones can be tested for bone density,the hip and spine bones give the most accurate results.

Every radioactive substance is in a constant state of decay (changing from being unstable to being stable).Which phrase is used for the length of time it takes for a certain number of atoms in a radioactive substance to decay and become stable?