Imaging & Radiology terms
X-ray, CT, MRI and ultrasound terms, and the signs radiologists look for. 54 words, each with its meaning and an example.
- Alignment
- Angiography
- Arthrogram
- Artifact
- Atelectasis
- Bronchogram
- Calcification
- Cardiomegaly
- Chondroid
- Concretion
- Consolidation
- Contrast
- Costophrenic
- Decubitus
- Density
- Effusion
- Erosion
- Expansile
- Extrapleural
- Field
- Fluoroscopy
- Gadolinium
- Haemothorax
- Hepatomegaly
- Hyperdense
- Hyperostosis
- Hypodense
- Imbrication
- Lucent
- Mammography
- Mri
- Opacity
- Osteolysis
- Osteophyte
- Periosteal
- Permeative
- Phlebolith
- Pixel
- Pneumothorax
- Protrusion
- Radiograph
- Radiolucent
- Radionuclide
- Radiopaque
- Scalloping
- Sclerotic
- Shadow
- Silhouette
- Slice
- Sunburst
- Tomography
- Ultrasound
- Window
- Xray
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