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Isointense
Meaning: Describes tissue on MRI giving the same signal brightness as a reference tissue.
In practice: The soft tissue mass was isointense to muscle on T1-weighted MRI images of the thigh.
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Which word means: Form of a chemical element with a different number of neutrons, some of which are radioactive.
Answer: Isotope
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Answer: Consolidation
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