Exam 35: Radiologic Procedures and Imaging Techniques

Electron beam tomography,as used in the Virtual Physical and Virtual Colonoscopy,does not expose the patient to any radiation.

A barium enema uses an x-ray beam and radiopaque barium contrast medium instilled into the rectum to create an image of the colon.

An MRI scan exposes the patient to radiation and x-rays.

The contrast medium that is instilled into the rectum to outline the colon and rectum for a radiologic procedure is:

In which type of x-ray does the beam enter the patient's anterior chest,penetrate the upper body,exit the upper back,and enter the x-ray plate?

When you hear the word proton,you think of what type of radiologic procedure?

Angiography is a general word for injecting contrast dye into a blood vessel and taking x-ray images.

The discovery of radium as a radioactive element was done by:

Bone has a high density and therefore is radiolucent on x-ray images.

The combining form son/o- means :

Which of the following is not a meaning for the combining form tom/o-?

A ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan uses an inhaled radiopharmaceutical drug and scintigraphy to create an image of the:

What type of procedure uses a computer to take many two-dimensional images or "slices" of the body?

PET scans are helpful in showing areas of abnormal brain activity in:

An MRI scan exposes the patient to radiation and x-rays.

Xenon-133 and krypton-81m are radiopharmaceutical drugs that are used to diagnose cancer of the:

The most common type of chest x-ray is done with the patient standing with the chest next to the x-ray plate.This is a/an ____________ chest x-ray.

Which is the unit of measurement for radiation exposure?

The combining form anter/o- means :

The combining form scint/i- means :