Medical Imaging - correct answer ✔✔the technique and process of creating visual representations of the
interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention
Ultrasound - correct answer ✔✔utilizes high-frequency sound waves, which are reflected off tissue to
create images of organs, muscles, joints, and other soft tissues
Ultrasound - correct answer ✔✔Good for capturing images of soft tissues when high resolution is not
necessary
Ultrasound - correct answer ✔✔1. Can heat the tissues slightly
2. In some cases, it can also produce small pockets of gas in body fluids or tissues (cavitation)
X-rays - correct answer ✔✔Computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopy, and radiography ("conventional X-
ray" including mammography) are the three main types of ___________________
X-rays - correct answer ✔✔The machine transfers the results of the __________ onto a film, showing the
parts of the body that absorbed the waves (the bones) in white and leaving the unabsorbed materials in
black.
X-rays - correct answer ✔✔Best used to display hard tissue such as bone fragility
CT Scan - correct answer ✔✔Produced by taking X-rays of very thin "slices" of a body part that can be
reconstructed by a computer into a three-dimensional image
CT Scan - correct answer ✔✔A ____________ is able to illustrate organ tear and organ injury quickly and
so is often used for accident victims.
CT Scans, X-rays - correct answer ✔✔________________ are a source of ionizing radiation and can cause
cancer.
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