| T1 | spin-lattice or longitudinal relaxation time; tricuspid first sound |
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| DVI | Digital Vascular Imaging = DSA |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 자기 공명 영상 |
| B1 | induced field in magnetic resonance imaging; radiofrequency magnetic field in nuclear magnetic reson... |
| BEI | back-scattered electron imaging; biological exposure indexes; butanol-extractable iodine |
| ultrasound imaging | <investigation, procedure> A technique in which high-frequency sound waves are bounced off internal organs and the echo pattern is converted into a 2 dimensional picture of the structures beneath the transducer. (12 May 1997) |
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| kidney: gallium imaging | <radiology> 10-20% of Ga-67 excreted via GU tract; no renal activity after 24hrs abnormal uptake (images at 48-72 hrs): tumour, primary renal tumour (variable uptake), lymphoma/leukaemia, metastases (e.g., melanoma), inflammation, acute pyelonephritis (88% sensitivity); abscess, lobar nephroma, others, collagen vascular disease, vasculitis, Wegener granulomatosis, amyloidosis, haemochromatosis, hepatic failure, antineoplastic drugs, transplant rejection: acute, chronic, ATN see also: gallium: indications (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver metastases: ultrasound imaging | <radiology> Echogenic (25%), colonic carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, treated breast carcinoma mixed echogenicity (37.5%), breast carcinoma, rectal carcinoma, lung carcinoma, stomach carcinoma, anaplastic cancer, cervical carcinoma, carcinoid hypoechoic (37.5%), lymphoma, pancreatic carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, lung carcinoma (adenocarcinoma), nasopharyngeal carcinoma see: liver metastases (12 Dec 1998) |
| lung: gallium imaging | <radiology> Scans at 48 hrs because 50% of normals show activity at 24 hrs, focal uptake, primary pulmonary malignancy, benign disorder: granuloma, abscess, pneumonia, silicosis, multifocal/diffuse uptake, infection, TB: active lesion, miliary TB, rapidly progressive TB pneumonia, PCP: unimpressive symptoms and CXR, CMV, inflammation: sarcoid, interstitial lung disease (pneumoconiosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lymphangitic carcinomatosis), radiation pneumonitis, drugs: bleomycin, amiodarone, contrast lymphangiography (in 50%) see: gallium: indications, uptake with normal chest film (12 Dec 1998) |