Imaging Studies Health Article

Cancer screening

—A procedure designed to detect cancer even though a person has no symptoms, usually performed using an imaging technique.

CT scan

—An imaging technique that uses a computer to combine multiple x-ray images into a two-dimensional cross-sectional image

Mammography

—An imaging technique producing x-ray pictures of the breast called mammograms.

MRI

—A special imaging technique used to image internal parts of the body, especially soft tissues.

PET

—A highly specialized imaging technique using radioactive substances to identify active tumors.

Radionuclide imaging

—An imaging technique in which a radionuclide is injected through tissue and a display is obtained from a scanner device.