What is medical imaging? - correct answer ✔✔Radiology: the medical specialty directing medical
imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases
Radiology that involves use of x-ray is called... - correct answer ✔✔Roentgenology
Modern Day radiological imaging tools - correct answer ✔✔X-ray, high frequency sound waves, magnetic
fields, and radioactivity
Job of Radiologist? - correct answer ✔✔interpret images acquired by technologists, correlate imaging
findings with clinical history, physical exam, lab findings, then formulate differential diagnosis
A radiologist is a ... on every case he/she looks at - correct answer ✔✔consultant
Exams that use X-rays: - correct answer ✔✔Plain films, Fluoroscopy, CT scans
Exams that use high frequency sound: - correct answer ✔✔Ultrasound
Exams that use magnetic fields: - correct answer ✔✔MRI
Exams that use radioactivity: - correct answer ✔✔Nuclear medicine
When looking at a radiograph, the patient's right is on the right side of the film? - correct answer
✔✔False
How are X-rays made? - correct answer ✔✔Generated in a tube, X-rays pass through body onto specially
treated plates or digital media and a negative type picture is made
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