angiography
A procedure to x-ray blood vessels.
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An X-ray study that makes arteries appear by filling them with a liquid the beam cannot pass through.
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Chromatography is a laboratory technique that separates the components of a mixture as they travel at different rates through an absorbing material.
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A method to examine the inside of the colon by taking a series of x-rays.
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A scan that builds a walk-through view of the large bowel from x-ray slices, avoiding the camera but not the preparation.
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A plain x-ray flattens the body into one picture, while slicing it apart separates structures that would otherwise be stacked on top of each other.
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A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles.
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The scanner captures no picture at all; it records absorption from thousands of angles, and the image is calculated afterward.
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A method to examine the inside of the colon by taking a series of x-rays.
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The use of a computer, rather than x-ray film, to create a picture of the breast.
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Capturing images on a sensor instead of film, which is what made routine clinical photography and remote review practical.
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The number most often quoted from the study is ejection fraction, the share of blood the left ventricle pushes out with each beat.
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A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body.
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The use of x-rays to create a picture of the breast on a film.
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A detailed picture of areas inside the body.
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An imaging procedure in which antibodies labeled with radioactive substances are given to the person.
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In medicine, a procedure in which an infrared camera (one that senses heat) is used to measure temperature differences on the surface of the body.
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The examination itself, in which timed x-rays follow dye through the kidneys and down into the bladder.
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An x-ray study of the lymphatic system.
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An x-ray study of lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels made visible by the injection of a special dye.
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