RAD 201

True or False: Mammography diagnose breast cancer.

in color-flow Doppler red signifies:

Demonstrate and assess encapsulated joints and associated soft-tissue structures.

Desired Effects.

Displays the distribution of radiopharmaceutical over a specific period

50 years or older, high or low risk, undergo _______ mammogram

acoustic energy reflected from a structure that interferes with the expected path.

Controls the computer and displays images

Henri Becquerel discovered naturally occurring radioactive substances

Risk factors for Breast Cancer.

Technique that assigns a color scale to the change in frequency or Doppler shift.

inflammation of the vein

What is the force used by the compression device.

marie curie discovered two elements in the uranium ore pitchblend, named poloniuma & radium

Study of the way the body processes a drug

Vessel typically considered for catherization

Treatment for this cancer varies by type and stage of the disease.

General principles of Pharmacokinetics

Contraindication of ____: when the patient is known to have an allergy to iodine-based contrast

Extravasation or infiltration

also called teletherapy

Noninvasive studies that assess cardiac performance.

inorganic metallic salt of the chemical element barium

All medications administered are documented in the patient's chart including:

Leakage of fluid in surrounding tissue

Name originally used for MR

MRI signals that are strong appear

The study of the effects of drugs on the normal functions of the body.

creates transaxial images of organ physiology

in Color-flow Doppler, Blue signifies:

Developed the Seldinger technique in 1953

Scintillation cameras with single or multiple crystals

Used to generate the ultrasonic energy

Radiosensitive isotope used to allow a biological process to be seen

The action of a drug on cells is the ________

40-49 years of age undergo _______ (high risk) screening mammogram

concentrate sound beam into a smaller beam

Another name for Benadryl

Creates thin slices of an organ similar to CT and MRI

Clarence skinner performed first reported curative treatment

Dosage range for curative treatment

When medications are given, the radiologist selects:

major category for application of radiation for cancer treatment

What order should biliary system, urinary tract, upper gi, and lower gi (BE) be scheduled.

Types of Mammography

What causes toxic affect?

When are upper abdominal exams best performed

How many rights are there for Medication Adminstration.

Most commonly used and produced in generators

most common risk of arteriography

Can be bound to biologically active compounds or drugs to create radiopharmaceuticals

In probability of reaction, severe reactions happen

Dosage range for palliation

40-49 years of age undergo _________ (low risk) mammogram screening

Type 1 diabetes is treated with

antennas required for transmitting the RF pulse and receiving MRI signal

The only MRI contrast approved in US, commonly used in CNS studies

introduced as very fast bursts of radio waves

Cancer best treated with megavoltage radiation

Cancer that has a 90% 5-year cure rate

What does the Radiation Oncologist do?

What does the Genetic name of a drug identify?

imaging of the heart and associated structures

Document extent of involvement of brain by tumors, and determine progression or regression

inflimmmation of the vein

image of arteries

What're the steps in radiation therapy

loss of hair

Process of nuclei releasing excess energy to general enviorment or lattice.

When did Wilhelm Roentgen discover x-ray

First step in starting an IV line

Most organs and blood vessels have similar x-ray absorption characteristics called?

Diffusion or redirection of sound in different directions.

commonly used method of catherization is the _____ technique

Carcinomas of the ____ are usually squamous cell or basal cell lesions.

to evaluate patients with diffuse musculoskeletol symptoms, metabolic disorders, malignancies.

who discovered the properties of MR in 1940's?

Stimulates the heart and sympathetic nervous system

How many American women will develop breast cancer?

how can Medication orders be ordered?

imaging of the lymphatic vessels/nodes

Determines what happens to an ultrasound beam at interfaces with different media.

2nd most fatal cancer

Angiographic procedures

Another name for Adrenaline

cancer with cure rate usually 80-90% but if less than 1cm in diameter have a cure rate of 100%

principal modality used in the treatment of cancer

Barium sulfate is used exclusively for:

in Vivo Examinations "Vivo" means?

MRI signals that are weak appear

property of certain crystals expanding and contracting in response to electrical field.

Jan 29, 1896, irradiated a woman with carcinoma of the left breast

Also known as radiation oncology.

Preferred diagnostic tool to evaluate the premature infant

release of energy by excited nuclei

Media: Bending wave fronts

Used to compress breast

method of choice for procedures of knee arthrography

which are NOT functions of mammography equipment

Fluid accumulating in the lungs

Uses removable imaging plates

Poisonous, Potentially lethal

image of the veins

FDA limit for MRI system field strength

Most frequent antihistamine

GI can be administered

introduced Gamma camera

Father of Nuclear medicine; Developed tracer principle; coined the term radioindicator

centigray (cGy) for lumpectomy

What does the Trade name of a drug identify?

Positron annihilation occurs when a positron interacts with a

No imaging plate required.

Which trimester can you identify abnormal growth, placenta previa, and fetal anatomy

Overreaction, under-reaction or an unusual reaction from drugs

Patient age and extrent of disease determines treatment and prognosis of this disease.

John Dalton considered the father modern theory of atom and molecule when?

how long should you maintain pressure when discontinuing an IV line.

Parenteral route that offers the most immediate results in term of effect

Visualizes the joint capsule, rotator cuff, long tendon of bicep muscle, articular cartilage.