Chapter 20 LOM – Flashcards
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Experiments are performed in a living organism.
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What is in a vivo test?
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Prone
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Lying on the belly:
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Specializes diagnostic techniques such as ultrasound, MRI and CT scans
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What does a radiologist do?
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Nuclear Medicine
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What is the medical specialty that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis of disease?
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Pyelogram
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X-ray of the renal pelvis:
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PA view
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In which X-Ray view is the patient upright the back to the x-ray machine and the film to the chest?
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Ultrasound
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In which procedure is a transducer used?
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System to replace traditional films with digital equivalents.
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PACS is a:
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Technique useing a radioactive substance and a computer to create three-dimensional images.
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SPECT is a:
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Arthrogram
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Which is an X-ray of a joint?
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Moving the part of the body toward the midline of the body.
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What is the meaning of adduction?
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Myelogram
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X-ray record of the spinal cord:
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Spinal cord
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Myelogram is an X-ray of:
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Radionuclide
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What is thallium 201?
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Angiogram
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X-ray record of vessels:
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Metallic powder is introduced to the large intestine and x-rays are taken.
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Which best describes a barium enema?
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Administration of radiation therapy.
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Interventional radiologists perform all of the following except:
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Recumbent
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Lying down position:
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Radioisotope
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Radioactive form of a substance:
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Protocol for transmission between imaging devices.
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DICOM is a:
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Adduction
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Moving toward the midline:
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Uses ionizing x-rays and a computer to produce a transverse image of the bodys organs.
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What best characterizes a CT scan?
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Supine
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Lying on the back:
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Radiolucent
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Permitting the passage of X-rays.
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Vivo
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Process, test or procedure performed, measured or observed in a living organism
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Magnetic Resonance (MR)
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magnetice feild and radio waves produce images of the body in three planes(coronal, sagittal and axial).
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Radioimmunoassay
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Test that combines radioactive chemicals and antibodies to detect minute quantities of substances in a patients blood.
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Nuclear Medicine
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Medical specialty concerned with the study of x-rays and their use in the diagnosis of disease.
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Sagittal, frontal and cross-sectional images are produced using magnetic and radio waves.
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What best characterizes an MRI?
