A physician who specialize in the use of X-rays and radiation to diagnose and treat disease.
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Radiologic technologist
A person who takes X-rays to assist the physician in the diagnosis of injuries and disease.
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Contrast medium
A substance, such as barium, given orally or intravenously to make the structure under X-ray scrutiny more distinct as X-ray do not penetrate this.
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Intravenous pyelography
A scrutiny of the urinary tract using a contrast medium. Used to check kidney stone.
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Angiography
An X-ray examination of blood vessels using a contrast medium introduced into a catheter that is inserted into a blood vessel.
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Myelography
The study of the spinal canal using a contrast material
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Fluoroscopy
A type of X-ray in which imaging examinations produce dynamic images on a florescent screen usually done in GI tract.
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Anatomic position
A position in which a person stands erect, facing forward, feet pointed forward and slightly apart, and arms at the sides with palms of the hands facing forward.
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Superior
above
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Inferior
below
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Ventral/anterior
front
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Doral (posterior)
back
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Cranial
head
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Caudal
tail
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Medial
toward the midline
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Lateral
away from the midline
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Proximal
Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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Distal
farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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midsagittal plane
the sagittal plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves
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frontal (coronal) plane
vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
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Horizontal (Transverse) Plane
Any plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions.
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mammogram
radiographic image of the breast
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Computerized tomography(CT)
An imaging machine that uses radiation to take horizontal/transverse images of the body.
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patient transport system
Part of the equipment used for a CT scan that moved the patient through a gantry.
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Gantry
Enclosure where pictures are takin in a thin beam of X-rays that rotates in a continuous 360 degree motion around the patient, during CT scan
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data acquisition system
A machine that calculates how the X-rays have affected the body part during a CT scan
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Operators console
The control panel used by the technician to perform various functions during the CT scan.
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Reformation
The process by which a technologist can instruct the computer to reexamine stacked horizontal/transverse images in the fontal/coronal, midsagittal, medial or oblique planes during a CT scan.
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Reconstruct
The process by which the computer looks at any one of the scanned tissues in greater details.
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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
A machine that uses a powerful magnetic field and radio frequency energy to produce images based on the hydrogen content in the body,
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MRI gantry
The enclosure that holds a large magnet, a radio frequency transceiver, gradient coils, transfer electronic equipment, and a device that helps move the patient into and a device that helps move the patient into and out of the machine.
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Ultrasound
A noninvasive test directing sound waves through tissue or organs to visualize internal structures.
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