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Summary Chabner The Language of Medicine Chapter 20 - Radiology & Nuclear Medicine - Outline Reviewer
Chabner The Language of Medicine Chapter 20 - Radiology & Nuclear Medicine - Chapter Summary
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1.
Diagnostic x-ray procedure whereby a cross-sectional image of a specific body segment is produced
Answer: computed tomography (CT)
2.
Radiopaque materials (contrast media) are injected to obtain contrast between tissues that would be indistinguishable from one another
Answer: contrast studies
3.
Machine to detect gamma rays emitted from radiopharmaceuticals during scanning for diagnostic purposes
Answer: gamma camera
4.
High-energy rays emitted by radioactive substances used in tracer studies
Answer: gamma rays
5.
Time required for a radioactive substance to lose half its radioactivity by disintegration
Answer: half-life
6.
Therapeutic or diagnostic procedures performed by a radiologist
Answer: interventional radiology
7.
Process, test, or procedure is performed, measured, or observed outside a living organism, often in a test tube
Answer: in vitro
8.
Process, test, or procedure is performed, measured, or observed within a living organism
Answer: in vivo
9.
Transformation of electrically neutral substances into electrically charged particles
Answer: Ionization
10.
Magnetic field and radio waves produce sagittal, coronal, and axial images of the body
Answer: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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