| ACBE | air contrast barium enema |
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| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
| CCT | carotid compression tomography; central conduction time; cerebrocranial trauma; chocolate-coated tab... |
| CECT | contrast-enhanced computed tomography |
| CM | California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac murmur; cardiac muscle; ... |
| coronary angiography | Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| scintigraphic angiography | The measurement of visualization by radiation of any organ after a radionuclide has been injected into its blood supply. It is used to diagnose heart, liver, lung, and other diseases and to measure the function of those organs, except renography, for which radioisotope renography is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| selective angiography | <procedure, radiology> Angiography in which visualization is improved by concentrating the contrast medium in the region to be studied by injection through a catheter positioned in a regional artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digital subtraction angiography | Computer-assisted roentgenographic angiography permitting visualization of vascular structures without superimposed bone and soft tissue density; images made before and after contrast injection allow subtraction (separation and removal) of opacities not enhanced by the contrast medium. Other image-processing can be performed. Contrast material may be injected intravenously or in lower-than-usual amount intra-arterially. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interventional angiography | <cardiology, surgery> The surgical repair of a blood vessel. A balloon angioplasty is a noninvasive procedure where a balloon-tipped catheter is introduced into a diseased blood vessel. As the balloon is inflated, the vessel opens further allowing for improved flow of blood. (12 Nov 1997) |
| therapeutic angiography | Use of angiographic catheters that have been modified to reduce or increase regional blood flow, or to deliver medicinal agents; interventional therapeutic angiography. See: angioplasty, balloon catheter, interventional angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluorescein angiography | <procedure> The process of taking X-rays of blood vessels that have been injected with a special dye. The dye allows to person viewing the X-ray to see the blood vessels. (13 Nov 1997) |
| air contrast barium enema | A double contrast enema in which air is introduced after coating of the colon with a dense barium suspension for radiographic study. Synonym: air contrast barium enema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| air contrast enema | A double contrast enema in which air is introduced after coating of the colon with a dense barium suspension for radiographic study. Synonym: air contrast barium enema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allen video enhanced contrast | <procedure> A method for enhancing microscopic images pioneered by R D Allen. The digitised image has the background (an out of focus image of the same microscopic field with comparable unevenness of illumination etc.) subtracted and the contrast expanded to utilise the potential contrast range. Interestingly, it is possible to produce images of objects that are below the theoretical limit of resolution microtubules for example. (18 Nov 1997) |
| barium contrast material | This radiopaque contrast material is either swallowed or given as a enema for the purpose of demonstrating the anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract using X-rays. (27 Sep 1997) |
| radiopaque contrast | A radiopaque substance (for example metal) will be highlighted (appear white) on a plain X-ray. The use of iodine containing radiopaque contrast dyes allow enhancement of the anatomy demonstrable with conventional X-ray. (27 Sep 1997) |
| radiopaque contrast dye | A radiopaque substance (for example metal) will be highlighted (appear white) on a plain X-ray. The use of iodine containing radiopaque contrast dyes allow enhancement of the anatomy demonstrable with conventional X-ray. (27 Sep 1997) |
| radiopaque contrast material | A radiopaque substance (for example metal) will be highlighted (appear white) on a plain X-ray. The use of iodine containing radiopaque contrast dyes allow enhancement of the anatomy demonstrable with conventional X-ray. (27 Sep 1997) |
| colour-contrast microscope | <instrument> A type of microscope in which the condenser stop is of one colour and the annulus is a complement of it so that unstained objects are observed in one colour on a field of the other. (05 Mar 2000) |