Radiology

Radiology

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Cat scan

Medical; Radiology

A three dimensional x-ray of the inside of a body part, used by doctors to help diagnose a disease.

Ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Allergies and allergens

An erratic, disorganised firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with ...

Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualised within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies (such as x-ray ...

Arteriography

Medical; Radiology

Arteriography or angiography is a medical imaging technique used to visualise the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the ...

Fluoroscopy

Medical; Radiology

Fluoroscopy is a special applications of X-ray imaging, in which a fluorescent screen and image intensifier tube is connected to a closed-circuit television system. This allows real-time imaging of ...

Interventional radiology

Medical; Radiology

Interventional radiology (abbreviated IR or sometimes VIR for vascular and interventional radiology) is a subspecialty of radiology in which minimally invasive procedures are performed using image ...

Radiographs

Medical; Radiology

Radiographs are produced by the transmission of x-rays through a patient to a capture device then converted into an image for diagnosis. The original and still common imaging produces silver ...