word lists

Radiology Terms

abduction
activity
adduction
air-fluid level
airborne radioactivity
angiocardiogram
anteroposterior
arteriogram
arthrogram
atom
atomic mass
atomic mass unit
atomic number
attenuation

betatron
Becquerel (Bq)
binding energy
Bohler calcaneal angle
brachytherapy
build-up

cardiothymic silhouette (on chest x-ray)
cholangiogram
cholecystogram
cineradiography
Compton effect
computed tomography
contrast studies
curie

decay constant
dose

echocardiography
electron volt (eV)
electrostatic field
element
eversion
excited state
exposure
extension

film badge
flexion
fluence, particle
fluorescence
fluoroscopy

gamma camera
genetically significant dose (GSD)
gray (Gy)
ground state

half value layer
half-life
hysterosalpingogram

in vitro
in vivo
interstitial therapy
interventional radiology
intracavitary therapy
inversion
ion
ionization
ionization
ionizing radiation
irradiation
isobars
isomers
isotones
isotope

Kerley('s) [s/l curly] A, B, or C lines
Kerma

lateral decubitus
lethal
linear accelerator
linear energy transfer (LET)
lymphangiogram

magnetic resonance imaging
mass attenuation coefficient
mass effect
mass energy absorption coefficient
mass stopping power
megavoltage
mucositis
myelogram
myelosuppression

nuclear medicine
nucleon
nuclide
oblique

orthovoltage

pair production
palliative
perfusion studies
photoelectric effect
positron-emission tomography
posteroanterior
prone
pyelogram

quality factor (Q)

rad
radiation
radioactive contamination
radioactive decay
radioactive equilibrium
radioimmunoassay
radioisotope
radiology
radiolucent
radionuclide
radiopaque
radiopharmaceutical
radioresistant
radiosensitive
radiotherapy
recumbent
rem
roentgen (R)
roentgenology

scintillation camera
sestamibi
SI
Sievert (Sv)
sonogram
specific activity
specific ionization
stopping power
supine

teletherapy
tenth-value layer (or thickness)
therapeutic
tomography
tracer studies
tram tracking (on chest x-ray)

ultrasonography
ultrasound
uptake

venogram
ventilation studies

xeroradiography