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radiography (roentgenography)
Originally, examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes using X-rays with the results recorded on a photographic film. It is used more broadly to include imaging techniques using electromagnetic radiation in general & other forms of energy including sound waves (ultrasonography) & nuclear decay particles in general (positrons in PET).
Certain substances* will be radiopaque on X-rays: [2]
- Chloral hydrate, contrast agents
- Heavy metals
- Iron, iodine
- Phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants
- Enteric coated
- Solvents
* A negative radiograph does not rule out these programs.
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radiology
Specific
angiography
aortography
autoradiography
barium enema; air contrast barium enema (lower GI series)
barium swallow; modified barium swallow study; barium esophagraphy (BSS, MBSS)
bone age
bone length studies
bone mineral density (BMD)
bone/joint imaging
bronchography
cardiac contrast ventriculography
cephalometry
cerebral contrast ventriculography
cerebral vascular flow
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage detection & localization
chest X-ray
cholangiography
cholecystography
cisternography
contrast enhancement
corpora cavernosography
cystogram
cystourethrography
dacryocystography
digital tomosynthesis
discography
encephalography
enteroclysis
enterography
epidurography
fistulogram/sinogram
fluoroscopic SNIFF test
fluoroscopy
gastroesophageal reflux study
gastrointestinal imaging for ingested foreign body
gastrointestinal protein loss
hepatobiliary system imaging
hypotonic duodenography
hysterosalpingography; uterosalpingography
imaging for renal cyst
intravenous pyelography (IVP); intravenous urography (IUP)
joint survey, joint scan
laryngography
lymphadenography
lymphography
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, diffusion-weighted MRI)
mammography
myelgram
myelography
orthopantogram; panorex
pancreatography
parathyroid imaging
pelvimetry
perineogram
peritoneogram
positron emission tomography (PET, PET scan)
pulmonary ventilation imaging
radiography for abscess/fistula/sinus tract
radiography for cardiac pacemaker
radiography of abdomen, including kidneys, ureters & bladder (KUB)
radiography of acromioclavicular joint
radiography of ankle
radiography of bone(s)
radiography of breast implant
radiography of clavicle
radiography of elbow
radiography of esophagus
radiography of extremity
radiography of eye for foreign body
radiography of femur
radiography of foot
radiography of foreign body
radiography of gallbladder
radiography of hand
radiography of hip
radiography of humerus
radiography of joint
radiography of kidney
radiography of knee
radiography of neck
radiography of olecronon
radiography of pelvis
radiography of pelvis/hip
radiography of pharynx/cervical esophagus
radiography of ribs
radiography of sacroiliac joint
radiography of sacrum/coccyx
radiography of salivary gland for sialolith
radiography of scapula
radiography of shoulder
radiography of skull
radiography of spine (vertebral imaging)
radiography of sternoclavicular joint
radiography of sternum
radiography of teeth
radiography of temporomandibular joint
radiography of wrist
radiography, complex motion
radiopharmaceutical localization of parathyroid adenoma
salivary gland function study
scanning computerized ophthalmic imaging
scintigraphy (radionuclide test)
sialography
splenoportography
tenogram
tomography
ultrasound (US, UTZ)
upper GI series with small bowel follow-through
ureteropyelography
urography; CT urography
vasography/vesiculography/epididymography
venography; venogram
ventriculography
ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shuntogram
video esophagography; videofluoroscopy; cine esophagraphy
videoradiography; cineradiography
whole body imaging
xeroradiography
General
imaging
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Daubert GP, Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis
- Brown AK
How to interpret plain radiographs in clinical practice.
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Apr;27(2):249-69.
PMID: 23731934
- Smith-Bindman R, Bindman AB
Imaging More Wisely.
JAMA Intern Med. Published online December 28, 2015.
PMID: 26720048
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2477123