To show the definition of most words that we are using in Diagnostic Imaging
angiography
noun
Current methods of viewing these lesions include endoscopy and catheter angiography.
Example: I had to go through an angiography to see my vessels.
fr: angiographie
anode
noun
The positively charged electrode by which the electrons leave a device.
Example: Finally, the electrons are absorbed on an ANODE and this produces a measurable current that will be proportional to the initial X-ray energy.
fr: anode
bone
noun
Any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
Example: His injuries included many broken bones.
fr: os
cathode
noun
The negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device.
Example: Electrons can be fired using a hot CATHODE then are accelerated through an anode.
fr: cathode
fluoroscopy
noun
Fluoroscopy is a study of moving body structures--similar to an X-ray "movie." A continuous X-ray beam is passed through the body part being examined.
Example: The initial workers used fluoroscopy often with the hooded fluorescent screen.
fr: fluoroscopie
fracture
noun
A fracture is a partial or complete break in the bone.
Example: When Mr was first admitted and the site of injury was identified he would have had an x-ray to determine the type of FRACTURE he had incurred.
fr: fracture
image intensifier
noun
An imaging component which converts x-rays into a visible image.
Example: The glow of the image intensifier night sights carried by the marksmen.
fr: intensificateur d'image
mammography
noun
Uses low dose x-ray systems to produce images of the human breasts.
Example: Efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging and MAMMOGRAPHY for breast cancer screening in women with a familial or genetic predisposition.
fr: mammographie
medical imaging
noun
Medical imaging refers to several different technologies that are used to view the human body in order to diagnose, monitor, or treat medical conditions.
Example: FDG is widely used in oncology (MEDICAL IMAGING of tumors).
fr: imagerie médicale
nuclear medicine
noun
The branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioactive substances in research, diagnosis, and treatment.
Example: The science program has expanded from nuclear physics to include particle physics, molecular and materials science, nuclear medicine, and accelerator research.
fr: médecine nucléaire
operating room
noun
The location where surgical procedures are performed.
Example: He was wheeled into the operating room, where his body was pulled to the head of the table.
fr: salle d'opération
pathology
noun
The science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
Example: On he went to the GP, who was initially treating him for a muscular sprain, as no other clinical evidence of lung PATHOLOGY was evident.
fr: pathologie
pulse
noun
To take the pulse of the heart of someone, at his wrist.
Example: The doctor found a faint pulse.
fr: pouls
radioprotection
noun
Protection against harmful effects of radiation.
Example: The tech goes behind for radioprotection.
fr: radioprotection
radioscopy
noun
Examination of the inner structure of optically opaque objects by x-rays or other penetration radiation.
Example: The radiologist had to do a radioscopy to inject the medicine in my spine.
fr: radioscopy
radiotherapy
noun
Uses radiation to shrink, and sometimes eradicate, cancerous cells/growths in and out on the body.
Example: However, recent RCT studies by the EORTC (European organisation for research and treatment of cancer) showed a statistically significant benefit to median survival of treating patients with RADIOTHERAPY and Temozolomide compared to RADIOTHERAPY alone.
fr: radiothérapie
skeleton
noun
An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.
Example: With all of the diseases that cause the death of the coral tissues leaving bare white patches of the coral SKELETON, recovery can be very slow.
fr: squelette
sonogram
noun
An image of a body organ or fetus created with reflected high-frequency sound waves.
Example: The first time I saw my baby on the sonogram I cried.
fr: échographie
thorax
noun
The area of the body between the neck and the abdomen.
Example: Examination of the chest revealed a transverse scar on the midline of the THORAX compatible with the surgery described.
fr: thorax
tumor
noun
A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
Example: This is another TUMOR suppressor gene and is found to be mutated in at least 50% of all cancer cases.
