Lesson 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Used to measure the total amount of heat produced by an x-ray tube.
Heat Unit
What are the 2 types of Radiation Therapy?
External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
Brachytherapy
A practice of exposing a disease to various types of radiation.
External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
What diseases particularly using an ionizing radiation?
Malignant Tumor or Cancer
Uses radioactive substances which are directly applied within or near the tumor.
Brachytherapy
A Doctor of medicine specializing in use of ionizing radiation.
Radiation Oncologist
The one that ensures the radiation treatment promotes most lethal radiation dose.
Radiation Desimetrist
Who discovered MRI?
Nikola Tesla
What is the meaning of MRI?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
In what year MRI was discovered?
1882
All MRI machine was calibrated in what unit?
Tesla
What are the 2 types of Mammography?
Screening Mammography
Diagnostic Mammography
Performed on asymptomatic women.
Screening Mammography
What are the 2 view protocool that Screening Mammography uses?
Cranial Caudad and Media Lateral Oblique
Patient with symptoms or elevated risk factors.
Diagnostic Mammography
How many views Diagnostic Mammography are required?
2 or 3 views
What procedure used to detect breast cancer?
Mammography
What procedure that take images of teeth, bones and soft- tissue?
Dental X-Ray
A combination of x-ray and computer technology to produce image inside of the body.
Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan)
Other name of Ultrasound?
Sonography
A high- frequency sound waves.
Ultrasound
