Exam 35: Radiologic Procedures and Imaging Techniques

What is an EBT?

In oral cholecystography,contrast dye is not injected but rather is taken orally in the form of a tablet.

All of the following radiologic tests expose the patient to radiation except:

The use of radioactive substances to create images of body structures is known as:

Which of these procedures exposes the patient to radiation?

An area of decreased uptake of a radiopharmaceutical drug on a scan is known as a/an:

Which type of procedure uses a strong magnetic field inside a scanner to align protons in the atoms of the patient's body?

Which is considered to be a screening test and not a diagnostic test?

The suffix -gram means :

Standardized positions of the angle of the patient in relation to the x-ray machine are known as ____________ or views.

The combining form cin/e- means :

The x-ray beam enters the body from an angle.Select the correct spelling of this word.

Which statement is false regarding CAT scans?

Which type of procedure uses an x-ray beam that is controlled by a computer?

In a report of an UGI series,all of these structures would be mentioned except:

Indium-111 is given intravenously for nuclear medicine imaging of the heart.

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan uses magnetic fields to create diagnostic images.

A subatomic particle accelerator that generates positrons for PET scans is known as a ____________.

Gadolinium is a chemical element that responds to a magnetic field.It is injected intravenously to enhance the image obtained by the procedure abbreviated as ____________.

If a chest x-ray is taken so that the x-rays penetrate the front of the chest and exit through the patient's back and then into the x-ray plate,this is a/an ____________ chest x-ray.