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Cineradiography
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Use of motion picture techniques to record a series of x-ray images during fluoroscopy
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Computed tomography (CT)
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Diagnostic x-ray procedure whereby a cross-sectional image of a specific body segment is produced. Newer CT scans can create 3D images as well
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Contrast studies
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Materials (contrast media) are injected to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown on the x-ray film
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Fluorescence
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Emisssion of glowing light results from exposure to and absorption of radiation from x-rays.
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Fluoroscopy
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X-ray techniques that producea fluorescent image on an image intensifier
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Gamma camera
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Machine to detect gamma rays emitted from radiopharmaceuticals during scanning for diagnostic purposes
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Gamma rays
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High energy rays emitted by radioactive substances in 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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Insterventional radiology
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Therapeutic procedures performed by a radiologist
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In vitro
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Process, test or procedure is performed measured or observed outside a living organism
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In vivo
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Process, test or procedure is performed measured or observed within a
living organism
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Ionization
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Transformation of electrically neutral substances into electrically charged particles
x-rays cause ionization of particles within tissue |
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Label compound
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Radiopharmaceutical used in nuclear medicine studies
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Magnetic field and radio waves produce sagittal, coronal and axial images of the body
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Nuclear medicine
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Medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances (radionuclides) in diagnosis of disease
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