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A method of determining bone mass loss by measuring radiation absorption by the skeleton. The procedure is painless, non-invasive, and requires no special preparation.
A radiographic technique that produces a film that represents a detailed cross section of tissue structure. The procedure is painless, non-invasive, and requires no special preparation. Elliot Health System offers CT Scans at two locations: Elliot Hospital Elliot Medical Center at Londonderry Nuclear medicine is a medical discipline that uses radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
An x-ray is a radiograph made by projecting x-rays through organs or structures of the body onto a photographic film. X-ray is defined as electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength than visible light, and x-rays are produced when electrons traveling at high speed strike certain materials, particularly heavy metals. |
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