Medical Admistration Example

Medical Administration

RADIOLOGY, ULTRASOUND, AND IMAGING PROCEDURES

ARTHROGRAPHY: X-ray examination of the inside of the joint with a contrast medium.

BARIUM TEST: X-rays examinations with a liquid barium mixture that is swallowed or given by enema to outline the surface of gastrointestinal tract.

CHEST X-RAY: An x-ray image of chest walls, lungs, and heart.

CYSTOGRAPHY: X-ray recording of the urinary bladder with contrast medium so that the outline of the urinary bladder can be seen clearly.

DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY: A unique x-ray technique for viewing blood vessels by taking two images and subtracting one from the other.

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND: Technique that focuses sound waves on blood vessels and measures blood flow as echoes bounce off red blood cells.

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: Imaging of the heart by introducing high frequency sound waves through the chest into the heart. The sound waves are reflected back from the heart, and echoes showing heart structure are displayed on a recording machine

GALL BLADDER ULTRASOUND: Sound waves are used to visualize gallstones. This procedure has replaced the x-ray test known as cholecystography.

FLUROSCOPY: An x-ray examination that uses a fluorescent screen rather than a photographic plate to show images of the body in motion.

MYELOGRAPHY: X-ray recording of the spinal cord after injection of contrast. This procedure has been largely replaced by MRI for detecting tumor or ruptured “slipped” disks between vertebrae (backbone).

NUCLEAR MEDICINE: RADIONUCIDE SCANS

BONE SCAN: A radioactive substance (usually a TECHNETIUM isotope) is injected intravenously, and its uptake in bones is detected by increased uptake of the radioactive material in the areas of lesions.

BRAIN SCAN: A radioactive substance is injected intravenously. It collect in any lesion that disturb the natural barrier that exists between blood vessel and normal brain tissue (blood-brain barrier), allowing the radioactive substance to enter...