Diagnostic Imaging

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 452.

Read the text about diagnostic imaging. Call the main types of diagnostic sets. Where are the tests performed?

READING

Diagnostic imaging refers to technologies that doctors use to look inside a patient's body for clues about a medical condition. A variety of machines and techniques can create pictures of the structures and activities inside the body. The technology a doctor uses will depend on the symptoms and the part of the body being examined. X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans and ultrasoundare all types of diagnostic imaging.

Many imaging tests are painless and easy. Some require a patient to stay still for a long time inside a machine, though, this can be uncomfortable. Certain tests involve radiation, but these are generally considered safe because the dosage is very low. The tests are performed at a clinic.

1. Answer the following questions according to the text about diagnostic imaging:

1. Why is diagnostic imaging important?

2. What can create pictures of the structures and activities inside the body?

3. How can a doctor establish the technology of diagnostic?

4. Are imaging tests painless?

5. Are the tests uncomfortable for patients?

6. Are the tests dangerous?

2. Read the text about X-ray diagnostic and answer the questions after it:

1. What does a radiograph allow to examine?

2. How does a doctor use a radiograph?

3. Where can be fluoroscopy used?

4. What is fluoroscopy?