Exam 4: Information Technology in Radiology

________ is "a system that transmits, stores, retrieves, and displays digital images . . . and communicates the information over a network."

________ works with matter on an almost molecular or cellular scale.

________ uses X-rays and digital technology to produce a cross-sectional image of the body.

________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS).

Radiology is increasingly concerned with treating disease. Radiologists who treat disease are called ________ radiologists.

________ machines use computer technology to produce images of soft tissue.

The ________ knife, because it compensates for patient movement, can be used to treat brain and spinal tumors with radiosurgery.

Focused ________ surgery does not involve cutting, but the use of sound waves.

If a broken bone is suspected, a/an ________ is likely to be used.

On the borderline between radiology and surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery or ________ knife surgery is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat brain tumors in a one-day session.

Digital images ________.

________ MRIs measure brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.

Neuroimaging techniques using ________ can present a picture of brain activity associated with cognitive processes like memory and the use of language.

________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the nervous system.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (gamma knife surgery) is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat ________ tumors.

________ surgery does not involve cutting, but the use of sound waves.

________ is used to examine a moving fetus.

A traditional ________ uses high-energy electromagnetic waves to produce a two-dimensional picture on film.

Functional ________ measure small metabolic changes in an active part of the brain. They identify brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.

In 2016, scientists at the University of Nottingham developed a new ultrasound technique that can look inside individual ________.