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LOM Ch 20 Radiology Set 2
Language of Medicine, 9th Edition, Davi-Ellen Chabner Radiology
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05/19/2010

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SPECT
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radioactive tracer is injected intravenously and a computer reconstructs a 3D image based on a composite of many views
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tagging
Definition
attaching a radionuclide to a chemical and following its path in the body
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tracer studies
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radiionuclides are used as tags, or labels, attached to chemicals and followed as they travel through the body
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transducer
Definition
handheld device that sends and receives ultrasound signals
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ultrasonography
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The abbreviations US and U/S stand for ____________.
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ultrasonography
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diagnostic technique that projects and retrieves high-frequency sound waves as they echo off parts of the body
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uptake
Definition
rate of absorption of a radionuclide into an organ or tissue
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ventilation-perfusions studies
Definition
radiopharmaceutical is inhaled and injected intravenously followed by imaging its passage through the respiratory tract
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is/o
Definition
combined form same
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top/o
Definition
combined form meaning place
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structures, weights, stability
Definition
isotopes of an element have similar ________ but different _______ and ______
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radioisotope
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a radionuclide that is an unstable form of an element that emits radioactivity
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pharmaceut/o
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combined form meaning drug
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radi/o
Definition
combined form meaning x-rays
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son/o
Definition
combined form meaning sound
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hysterosonogram
Definition
ultrasound record of the uterus
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therapeut/o
Definition
combined form meaning treatment--"t" word
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vitr/o
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combined form meaning glass
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therapeutic
Definition
pertaining to treatment--"t" word
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viv/o
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combined form meaning life--"v" word
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-gram
Definition
Suffix meaning record
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-graphy
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Suffix meaning process of recording
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tom/o
Definition
combined form meaning to cut
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angiogram
Definition
record of a vessel
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hysterosalpingogram
Definition
record of the uterus and fallopian tubes
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pyelogram
Definition
record of the renal pelvis
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-lucent
Definition
Suffix meaning to shine
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-opaque
Definition
Suffix meaning obscure
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echo-
Definition
Prefix meaning a repeated sound
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echocardiography
Definition
process of recording the heart with a repeated sound
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