Medical Imaging Glossary
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This glossary will describe words that are related to the medical field, more specifically in diagnostic imaging.
- radiography
- noun
- The process or occupation of taking radiographs to assist in medical examinations.
- Example: Because Radiography has a strong clinically-based component, radiographic course work does not necessarily fit within the formal academic calendar.
- fr: radiographie
- radiologist
- noun
- A person who uses X-rays or other high-energy radiation, especially a doctor specializing in radiology.
- Example: He hears the radiologist commenting to his assistants, in technical language.
- fr: radiologue
- diagnostic
- noun
- Concerned with the diagnosis of illness or other problems.
- Example: A comparative analysis of diagnostic studies in Ghana.
- fr: diagnostique
- medical imaging
- noun
- Medical imaging refers to several different technologies that are used to view the human body in order to diagnose, monitor, or treat medical conditions.
- Example: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a medical imaging technique that has become a valuable diagnostic tool.
- fr: l'imagerie médicale
- technologist
- noun
- A person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory.
- Example: The database contains names of registered Medical Technologists in Quebec.
- fr: technologue
- medical condition
- noun
- A disease, illness or injury; any physiologic, mental or psychological condition or disorder.
- Example: Despite the improvement in his medical condition, Mr was still suffering from a significantly reduced level of mobility.
- fr: condition médicale
- cancer
- noun
- A malignant growth or tumor resulting from the division of abnormal cells.
- Example: Her father died of oesophageal cancer.
- fr: cancer
- radiation
- noun
- The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.
- Example: Rutherford soon found Beta radiation to be electrons; alpha radiation was something rather different, it has a mass four times that of hydrogen and a charge double that of the electron but positive.
- fr: radiation
- ultrasound
- noun
- Sound or other vibrations having an ultrasonic frequency, particularly as used in medical imaging.
- Example: A mass in Mary's appendix was detected and investigated using ultrasound.
- fr: ultrason
- patient
- noun
- A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
- Example: The symptoms naturally causes dehydration and thirst in the patient.
- fr: patient(e)
- dose
- noun
- An amount of ionizing radiation received or absorbed at one time or over a specified period.
- Example: A dose of radiation exceeding safety limits.
- fr: dose
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- noun
- A medical imaging technique that uses a magnetic field and computer-generated radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues in your body.
- Example: MRIs are very useful for examining the brain and spinal cord
- fr: imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM)
- computerised tomography scan (CT scan)
- noun
- A technique for displaying a representation of a cross section through a human body or other solid object using X-rays or ultrasound.
- Example: For patients in whom ischaemic stroke has been confirmed by computerised tomography scan, aspirin administered within 48 hours of the onset of stroke significantly reduces death.
- fr: tomodensitométrie
- projection
- noun
- The action of projecting a figure and the presentation of an image on a surface.
- Example: The projection of the elbow is big because of it's bad placement.
- fr: projection
- biology
- noun
- The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, and anatomy.
- Example: human biology
- fr: biologie
