subject: Top 25 Terms Radiology Students Should Know [print this page] The following are the top 25 terms radiology students should know. There are other terms that you will need to know throughout your education and career, but these top 25 terms radiology students should know are the most important:
1. Angioplasty: Utilizing small balloons inserted into blood vessels on the tip of catheters to open a blocked area within the vessel.
2. Arteriogram: X-ray of arteries and veins to find vessels that are blocked or narrowed.
3. Arthrography: A contrast media injected into joint capsules to make it possible to see soft tissue pathologies that involve joints.
4. Baseline mammography: Initial radiographic breast examination used for future comparisons.
5. Barium: Metallic chemical that coats the inner organs for x-rays.
6. Brachytherapy: Radiation treatment that uses radioactive substance in the patients body close to the area that is affected.
7. CAD: Computer-Assisted Detection.
8. Diagnostic radiology: Utilizing mostly noninvasive radiology techniques for diagnosis.
9. Doppler: Ultrasound methodology for examining blood vessels without x-rays.
10. Gamma camera: Nuclear medicine device that scans the patient after injecting small amounts of radioactive materials for testing.
11. Gastrostomy tubes: These tubes are inserted into the stomach when patients cannot take in food by mouth.
12. Intravascular ultrasound: Utilizing an ultrasound inside the blood vessel to improve visualization of the interior of the vessel.
13. Intravenous: When something goes into a vein.
14. Linear accelerator: Machine used to create high-energy x-rays for radiosurgery treatment and radiation therapy.
15. Mammogram: A disease-detecting x-ray of the breast.
24. Ureterogram: Radiographic examination of the ureters.
25. Urethrogram: Study of the urethra.
These are the top 25 terms radiology students should know because they are among the most commonly used. It would be wise to learn these as soon as possible.
