Computers in Healthcare
Across
- 2. Emission Tomography – A PET scan; uses a radioactive tracer to find disease.
- 4. – A structured set of data held in a computer.
- 5. Processing Unit – The "brain" of the computer.
- 6. access memory- a program that is not permanent because data can be stored, changed, and/or retrieved
- 9. Literacy – Knowledge and ability to use computers efficiently.
- 13. Tomography – A CT scan; uses X-rays to create cross-sectional images.
- 14. Test – A procedure that measures heart health during exercise.
- 15. – Software used to navigate the web.
- 16. – An ultrasound of the heart.
Down
- 1. – The physical parts of a computer system.
- 3. – Remote diagnosis and treatment of patients via telecommunications.
- 7. – An electronic document in which data is arranged in rows and columns.
- 8. – Imaging technique using high-frequency sound waves.
- 10. Resonance Imaging – An MRI; uses radio waves and magnets to see inside the body.
- 11. consists of programs, or instructions, that run the hardware and allow the computer to perform specific tasks
- 12. – A resource for storing information, identified by a name.