Advanced Imaging Test 2 Review

What procedure involves damaging certain nerves through surgical cutting, chemical ablation, or radiofrequency ablation to treat chronic pain or spasticity

What stroke occurs when there is bleeding into the surrounding tissue or space between the skull?

What important step is highly important prior to embolization of head and neck tumors?

Coronary arteriograms are obtained in nearly all catheterizations of the right side of the heart.

What device measures blood flow across lesions to determine severity of stenosis?

Which member of the radiation oncology team is responsible for calibrating and maintaining the radiation producing equipment

The three principal methods used in cancer treatment are radiation therapy, surgery, and what else?

What is the delivery of small doses daily until the entire treatment dose is reached?

What type of stroke can affect both sides of the body and leave someone in a "locked-in" state in which the patient is unable to speak or move below the neck?

Your patient came in for stroke symptoms and the providers want to give the patient tPA as soon as possible. You notice in the chart that they fell and hit their head last month and got a concussion. Should tPA still be given?

What does the S in F.A.S.T. stand for?

What is a lack of blood flow to the brain causing cell death called?

What resolution detector is used in cardiac catherization?

What physiologic monitoring equipment is interfaced between the manifold and physiologic recorder to convert fluid (blood) pressure into an electrical signal?

What procedure is a minimally invasive procedures used to stabilize vertebral fractures caused by osteoporosis or trauma, relieving pain and restoring spinal alignment.