Abduction - ANS Movement of a limb away from the body
Adduction - ANS Movement of a limb toward the axis of the body
Arthrography - ANS A method of radiographically visualizing the inside of a joint by injecting air
or contrast medium
Brachytherapy - ANS The placement of radioactive sources in contact with or implanted into the
tissues to be treated
Bronchography - ANS An X-ray examination of the bronchi after they have been coated with a
radiopaque substance
Cineradiography - ANS The filming with a movie camera of the images that appear on a
fluorescent screen especially those images of body structures that have been injected with a
nontoxic radiopaque medium for diagnostic purposes
Computed Tomography (CT) - ANS An X-ray technique that produces a film representing a
detailed cross section of tissue structure also know as a CT
Fluoroscopy - ANS A technique in radiology for visually examining a part of the body or the
function of an organ using a fluoroscope
Gamma Camera - ANS A device that uses the emission of light from a crystal struck by gamma
rays to produce an image of the distrubtion of radioactive material in a body organ
Gamma Rays - ANS An electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength emitted by the nucleus
of an atom during a nuclear reaction
Half-Life - ANS The time required for a radioactive substance to lose 50% of its activity through
decay
Lymphangiography - ANS The X-ray examination of lymph glands and lymphatic vessels after
an injection of contrast medium
Magnetic Resonance imaging(MRI) - ANS Medical imaging that uses radio frequency signals
as its source of enegry also known as a MRI
Myelography - ANS A radiographic process by which the spinal cord and the spinal
subarachnoid space are viewed and photographed after the introduction of a contrast medium
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