Across
- 4. A physician trained in the diagnostic and/or therapeutic use of xrays and radionuclides, radiation physics, and biology
- 6. tech The personnel working in any discipline or specialty area of radiologic technology
- 8. tomography A method of examining blood vessels utilizing x-rays and injection of iodine-rich contrast material
- 11. A unidirectional emission of electromagnetic radiation or particles
- 12. The energy of an explosion that is equivalent to an explosion of 1,000 tons of TNT
- 13. Having something that will absorb radiation between you and the source of the radiation
- 15. Beams that pass through the body to produce images of anatomical structures
- 17. An x-ray technique used to screen for breast cancer
Down
- 1. The uptake of energy from radiation by the tissue or medium through which it passes
- 2. A measure of ionization in air caused by x-rays or gamma rays only
- 3. Radiation absorbed by a person's body
- 5. Radiant energy from waves of subatomic particles
- 7. The process of obtaining an image for diagnostic examination using x-rays
- 9. resonance A diagnostic radiologic modality, in which the nuclei of the hydrogen atoms in a patient are aligned in a strong, uniform magnetic field, absorb energy from tuned radio pulses, then emit radio signals
- 10. The international unit of exposure dose for x-rays or gamma rays
- 14. A naturally occurring metal; a contrast material
- 16. A basic unit of absorbed radiation dose