Radiology Terms / Lingo "V"

Whether your looking into Radiology / Radiography as a career or are just beginning your training all the terms, lingo and acronyms that get thrown around can be confusing. Were starting a segment where we will give you a glossary of Radiology / Radiography terms, one letter each day so you can absorb this in bite size chunks. Here we go...

Voiding Cystogram - Radiographic procedure that studies the function of the urinary bladder and its emptying ability. A catheter is introduced into the urethra followed by a contrast medium until the bladder is full. The radiologist then watches the bladder function under fluoroscopic control. 

Can i be an interim at hospital with my certificate for radiology?

I'm not sure what an interum is but once you have your certificate and accreditiation you can start working as a radiologist. You will get on the job training if you want to go into specialized areas of the radiology field.

Radiology Terms / Lingo "U"

Whether your looking into Radiology / Radiography as a career or are just beginning your training all the terms, lingo and acronyms that get thrown around can be confusing. Were starting a segment where we will give you a glossary of Radiology / Radiography terms, one letter each day so you can absorb this in bite size chunks. Here we go...


ultrafast CT (computed tomography) scan - a type of radiology diagnostic procedure in which an x-ray beam moves in a circle around the body. This allows many different views of the same organ or structure, and provides much greater detail. The x-ray information is sent to a computer that interprets the x-ray data and displays it in 2-dimensional form on a monitor.

ultrasound - a diagnostic technique which uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of the internal organs.

Ureterogram - Radiographic examination of the ureters.
Urethrogram - Study of the urethra.

Radiology Terms / Lingo "R"

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 radiologist - a physician specializing in the medical field of radiology.

radiopharmaceutical (Also called a tracer or radionuclide.) - basic radioactively-tagged compound necessary to produce a nuclear medicine image.

Radiology Terms / Lingo "P"

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 PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System, a computer system that electronically manages images.

positron emission tomography (PET) - in nuclear medicine, a procedure that measures the metabolic activity of cells.

Radiology Terms / Lingo "O"

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opacified -Made to be opaque to X-ray irradiation, due to the introduction of contrast material - as in a barium study (Upper GI, Barium Enema), arteriogram, myelogram, etc

Radiology Terms / Lingo "N"

Whether your looking into Radiology / Radiography as a career or are just beginning your training all the terms, lingo and acronyms that get thrown around can be confusing. Were starting a segment where we will give you a glossary of Radiology / Radiography terms, one letter each day so you can absorb this in bite size chunks. Here we go...


needle biopsy - a small needle is inserted into the abnormal area in almost any part of the body, guided by imaging techniques, to obtain a tissue biopsy. This type of biopsy can provide a diagnosis without surgical intervention. An example of this procedure is called the needle breast biopsy.

nuclear medicine - a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive substances to examine organ function and structure.