radiography (roentgenography)
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Introduction
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.
More general terms
More specific terms
- angiography
- aortography
- autoradiography
- 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
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23731934
- ↑ Smith-Bindman R, Bindman AB Imaging More Wisely. JAMA Intern Med. Published online December 28, 2015. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26720048 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2477123