Test category · Imaging

Imaging

X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and bone densitometry: every way of making a picture of the inside of the body.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Echocardiogram

Imaging study

CT scan

Imaging study

DXA scan (bone density)

Imaging study

Fluoroscopy and angiography

Imaging study

Mammography

Imaging study

MRI scan

Imaging study

PET-CT scan

Imaging study

Ultrasound

Imaging study

X-ray

Concepts covered by those pages

Obstetric ultrasoundChest X-ray CXRAbdominal X-ray AXRSkeletal X-rayDental X-rayMammographyFluoroscopyBarium swallowUpper GI seriesBarium enemaHysterosalpingography HSGArthrographyAbdominal ultrasoundPelvic ultrasoundTransvaginal ultrasound TVUSTransrectal ultrasound TRUSThyroid ultrasoundBreast ultrasoundScrotal ultrasoundRenal ultrasoundBladder ultrasoundVascular Doppler ultrasoundCarotid Doppler ultrasoundVenous Doppler ultrasoundArterial Doppler ultrasoundPoint-of-care ultrasound POCUSCT headCT chestCT abdomenCT pelvisCT angiography CTACT pulmonary angiography CTPACT colonographyLow-dose lung CT LDCTCT urogramCT perfusionHigh-resolution chest CT HRCTBrain MRISpine MRICardiac MRI CMRBreast MRIAbdominal MRIPelvic MRIMusculoskeletal MRIMR angiography MRAMR venography MRVMagnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography MRCPFunctional MRI fMRIDiffusion MRI DWIPerfusion MRIMR spectroscopy MRSPET scan PETPET/CTPET/MRISPECTBone scanDXA scan DXA, DEXA

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) Imaging
  • Coronary calcium CT · also: calcium score, CAC score Imaging
  • Thyroid scan · also: thyroid scintigraphy Imaging
  • Myocardial perfusion scan (MPS) · also: myocardial perfusion imaging Imaging
  • MUGA scan · also: multigated acquisition scan Imaging
  • HIDA scan · also: hepatobiliary scan Imaging
  • Renal nuclear scan · also: DMSA scan, MAG3 scan, MAG3 renogram Imaging
  • Gastric emptying study Imaging
  • Ventilation/perfusion scan (V/Q scan) · also: lung scan Imaging
  • Sentinel node imaging · also: sentinel lymph node scintigraphy Imaging
  • Infection localisation study · also: labelled white cell scan Imaging
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