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husterosalpingogram
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x-ray record of the uterus and fallopian tubes to determine patency
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abduction
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moving a part of the body away from the midline
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recumbent
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lying down; synonym of decubitus
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prone
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lying on the belly
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myelogram
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x-ray recording of the spinal cord
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-opaque
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obsure
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radiolycent
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permitting the passage of most x-rays
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cholanglogram
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x-ray recording of the bile vessels
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ultrasound
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diagnostic technique that projects and retrieves high-frequency sound waves
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supine
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lying on the back
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eversion
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turning outward
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-gram
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record
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viv/o
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life
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pharmaceut/o
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drug
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fluoroscopy
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process of using x-ray to produce a fluorescent image on the screen
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vitr/o
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glass
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rad
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abbreviation for radiation absorbed dose
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ultra
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beyond
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nuclear medicine
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medical specialty that uses radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease
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interventional radiologist
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therapeutic or diagnostic procedures performed by a radiologist
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echo-
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repeated sound
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is/o
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same
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-lucent
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to shine
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son/o
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sound
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therapeut/o
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treatment
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fluor/o
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luminous
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roentgen/o
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x-ray
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radiopaque
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obstructing the passage of x-rays,. They appear white on the x-rays
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uptake
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rate of absorption of a radionuclide into an organ or tissue
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radionuclide
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radioactive form of an element that gives off energy in the form of radiation
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radiolucent
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permitting the passage x-rays. They turn black on the x-rays
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gamma rays
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high-energy rays emitted by radioactive substances in the tracer studies
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half-life
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time required for a radioactive substance to lose half its radioactivity by disintegration
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tagging
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attaching a radionuclide to a chemical and following its path in the body
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scan
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image of an area, organ or tissue of the body.
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radioisotope
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radioactive form of an element substance
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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magnetic field and radio waives produce sagittal, coronal, and axial images of the body
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decubitus
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lying down
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CXR
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abbreviation of chest X-ray
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radiologist
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physician who specializes in the practice of diagnostic radiology
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film badge
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detect and record amount of radiation to which they have been exposed
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Computed tomography (CT)
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beaming x-rays at multiple angles through a section of the patients body
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Upper GI
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oral digestion of barium sulfate so that the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum can be visualized
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barium enema
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study of the lower GI
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digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
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x-ray image of contrast-injected blood vessels is produced by taking x-ray pictures and using a computer to subtract obscuring shadows from the second image
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angiogram
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x-ray image of the blood vessels and heart chambers
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Percutaneous transhepatic
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injection of contrast is via a needle through the skin or into the liver.
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ultrasonography
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high-frequency inaudible sound wave that bounces off the body tissues and are then recorded to give information about the anatomy of an internal organ
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transducer or probe
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placed on the skin to transmit sound waves
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color flow imaging
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record blood flow velocity
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Posteroanterior view
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most common request chest x-ray view
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adduction
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movement toward the midline of the body
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extension
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lengthening or straightening a flexed limb
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flexion
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bending a part of the limb
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inversion
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turning inward
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perfusion studies
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rely on passage of the radioactive compound through the capillaries of the lungs
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