Radiology Glossary

Comprehensive List of Radiology Terminology

Latest Radiology Words

A

ABC

Abduction

ABS

Absolute Zero

AC

Acanthiomeatal Line

Acanthioparietal

Acceleration

Achalasia

Achondroplasia

ACR

Acromegaly

Actual Focal Spot

Acute

Acute Renal Failure

ADC

Added Filtration

Additive Condition

Additive Pathologies

Adduction

AEC

AED

Afterglow

AGC

Air Kerma

Air-Core Transformer

ALARA

Aliasing

Alpha Particle

Alternator

AML

Ammeter

Amp

Ampere

Amplitude

AMU

Anabolism

Analog Computer

Analog-To-Digital Conversion

Anaphylactic

Anatomic Position

Anatomically Programed Radiography

Aneurysm

Angioedema

Annihilation Reaction

Anode

Anode Assembly

Anode Cooling Chart

Anode Heel Effect

Anode Target Surface

Anoxic

Antegrade

Anterior

Anteroposterior Projection

Anthropologic Base Line

Anthropologic Plane

Antihalation Coating

Anuria

AP

Aperture Diaphragm

Apnea

Appendicular Skeleton

APR

ARF

Armature

Arthrography

Arthrology

Aspiration

Asthenic

AT

Atom

Atomic Mass

Atomic Mass Number

Atomic Mass Unit

Atomic Number

Attenuation

Automatic Brightness Control

Automatic Brightness Stabilization

Automatic Collimator

Automatic Dose Control

Automatic Electromechanical Contrast Medium Injector

Automatic Exposure Control

Automatic Gain Control

Autotimer

Autotransformer

Autotransformer

Autotransformer Law

Avagadro’s Number

Average Gradient

AX

Axial

Axial Plane

Axial Projection

Axial Skeleton

Axial Tomography

B

B+F

Backscatter Radiation

Backup Time

Bacteria

Barium Enema

Barium Sulfate

Barium Swallow

Basal Cells

Base

Base Plus Fog

Baseline Mammography

Bead Chain Cystourethrography

Beam Penetrability

Beam Restrictor

Beam-Limiting Device

Becquerel

Beta Particles

Bias Focusing

Biliary Stenosis

Binary Machine Language

Binding Energy

Bit

Blur

Body Habitus

Bolus

Bq

Brachycephalic

Brachytherapy

Bremsstrahlung Interaction

Brightness

Brightness Gain

Bronchography

Bucky Factor

Bucky Slot Cover

Bucky Tray

BUN

Byte

C-Arm Tube Suspension System

C/kg

CAD

Caliper

Cannula

Capacitor

Carpal Sulcus

Carpal Tunnel View

Carriage

Catabolism

Cathode

Caudad

CC

CCD

CCFB

Central Processing Unit

Cephalad

CGS system

Characteristic Cascade

Characteristic Curve

Characteristic Interaction

Characteristic Peak

Characteristic Photon

Charge-Coupled Device

Chemical Energy

Chemical Fog

Chemical Precipitation

Cholangiography

Cholecystitis

Cholecystogram

Cholecystopaque

Choledocholithiasis

Cholelithiasis

Ci

Circulation System

Circumduction

Classical Scatter

Clearance

Clearing Agent

Clearing Time

Closed-Core Transformer

Coating

Coercivity

Coherent Scatter

Colitis

Collimator

Collimator Pitch

Colostomy

Commutator Ring

Compensating Filter

Compound Filter

Compression Band

Compression Paddle

Compton Effect

Compton Electron

Compton Scatter

Computer-Assisted Detection

Conduction

Conductor

Cone

Contact Surgical Radiography

Contralateral

Contrast

Contrast Mask

Contrast Medium Injection Device

Convection

Conversion Efficiency

Convolution

Coronol Plane

Cortex

Coulomb Per Kilogram

Coulomb’s Law

Covalent Bonding

CPU

CR

Creatinine

Criss-Cross Grid

Crohns Disease

Cross-Hatched Grid

Crossover Effect

Crossover Network

Cryogens

Cryostat

Crystal Production

CT

Curie

Current

CV

Cyanotic

Cylinder

Cystogram

D Log E Curve

De-Excitation

Deconvolution

Decubitus Position

Deep

Defecography

Deglutition

Dehydration

Density

Density Log Exposure Curve

Depression

Detective Quantum Efficiency

Deviation

Dewar

DF

Diabetes Mellitus

Diamagnetic

Diaphoresis

Diaphysis

DICOM

Differential Absorption

Diffusion

Digital Fluoroscopy

Dipole

Direct Digital Conversion

Direct Digital Radiography

Distal

Distortion

Diuresis

Diverticulitis

Diverticulosis

Diverticulum

DNI

DNR

Dolichocephalic

Dorsal

Dorsal Recumbent

Dorsiflexion

Dorsoplantar

Dp

DQE

DR

DR

Dual-Focus Tube

Dynamic

Dysphagia

Dysphasia

Dyspnea

EAM

Electric Field

Electrical Energy

Electrodynamics

Electromagnet

Electromagnetic Energy

Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Electron Volt

Electron-Binding Energy

Electrostatics

Elevation

Embolus

Endochondral Ossification

Endoscope

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Endoscopy

Energy

Enteritis

Enteroclysis

Epiphyseal Plate

Epiphysis

Epithelium

ERCP

Erect Position

Esophageal Varies

Eversion

Excitation

EXP

Expiration

Exposure Index

Exposure Time

EXT

Extension

Exterior

Extravasation

Faraday’s Law

FB

Ferromagnetic

Filament

Film Fog

Filtration

Flat Bones

Flexion

Focal Spot

Focusing Cup

Fomite

Fowler’s Position

Frankfort Horizontal Plane

Frequency

Fungi

G

GAL

Gastritis

Gastroenteritis

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Gauss

Gaynor-Hart Method

GCF

GERD

Glabelloalveolar Line

Glabellomeatal Line

GML

Granulomatous Colitis

Gray

Grid Conversion Factor

Gy

H&D Curve

Half-Life

Hemoptysis

Hertz

Hiatal Hernia

High SNR

HIPAA

HIS

HL7

Horizontal Beam

Horizontal Plane

Hormesis

HSG

Hurter And Driffield Curve

Hyperbaric

Hyperemia

Hyperextension

Hyperosmotic

Hypersthenic

Hyposthenic

Hypoxic

Hysterosalpingography

Hz

ID

IHE

Ileoconduit

Ileostomy

IMAC

Image Intensifier

Image Sharpness

Imaging Plate

Index Number

Inertia

Inferior

Infraorbitomeatal Line

Infusion

Inherent Filtration

INSP

Inspiration

Insulator

INT

Intensity

Interior

Interorbital Line

Interpupillary Line

Intraarterial

Intramembranous Ossification

Intrathecal

Intravenous

Intubation

Intussusception

Inversion

IOML

Ion Pair

Ionization

Ionizing Radiation

IP

IPL

Ipsilateral

IR

Irregular Bones

Isobars

Isomers

Isotones

Isotope

J

Jones Method

Joule

Judd Method

Judet Method

K-Edge Filter

K-Shell

Kerma

Kilovoltage Peak

Kinetic Energy

kVp

Kyphosis

Laryngeal Edema

Lateral

Lateral Recumbent

Lateral Rotation

Lateromedial Projection

Leakage Radiation

Lenz’s Law

LET

Line-Focus Principle

Linear Energy Transfer

Lips-Meatal Line

Lithotomy Position

LM

LML

LMO

Lodestone

Long Bones

Long-scale Contrast

Lordosis

Low SNR

Mass

Matrix

Matter

Medial

Medial Rotation

Median Plane

Medical Asepsis

Mediolateral Projection

Mentomeatal Line

Mesocephalic

Midcoronal Plane

Midsagittal Plane

MKS

ML

MLO

MML

Momentum

MSP

Mutual Induction

N

Neer Method

Nephroptosis

Nephrotomogram

Newton

Noise

Nosocomial

Nuclear Energy

Oblique Plane

Occlusal Plane

Occlusion

Octet Rule

OER

Ohm

Ohm’s Law

Ohmmeter

Oliguria

OML

Orbitomeatal Line

Osmole

Osmosis

Osteology

Ostomy

Overexposed

Oxygen Enhancement Ratio

PA

PACS

Pair Production

Palmar

Palpation

Paramagnetic

Parietoacanthial

PBL

Pd

Penumbra

Peptic Ulcer

Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography

Peritonitis

Photodisintegration

Photomultiplier Tube

Pixel

Plantar

Plantar Flexion

Plantodorsal

Plumbicon Tube

PNL

Polarity

Polyps

Polyuria

Position

Positive Beam Limiting Device

Post-Procesing

Posterior

Posteroanterior projection

Potential Energy

Primary Coil

Projection

Pronation

Prone

Protein Synthesis

Protraction

Proximal

Pruritis

PTC

Pyelogram

Q

QA

QC

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Quality Factor

Quantum

Quantum Mottle

Radiation Weighting Factor

Radioactive Decay

Radiolucent

Radionuclide

Radiopaque

Radiosensitivity

Rayleigh Scatter

RBE

Recoil Electron

Recorded Detail

Rectifier

Recumbent

Reflux

Refraction

Regional Enteritis

Reid’s Base Line

Relative Biologic Effectiveness

Renal Hypertension

Resolution

Retraction

Retrograde

Right-Hand Rule

RIS

RL

RM

Roentgenogram

ROM

Rotation

S Number

Sagittal Plane

Scatter

Scoliosis

Secondary Coil

Secondary Electron

Semiconductors

Sensitivity Number

Sensitometric Curve

Sesamoid Bones

Shell Transformer

Shock

Short Bones

Short-scale Contrast

SI

SID

Sievert

Signal

Signal-To-Noise Ratio

Sim’s Position

Sim’s Position (Modified)

Sine Wave

SIO

SNR

Soft-Copy Images

Solenoid

Solution

Speed Of Light

Static

Stenosis

Step-Down Transformer

Step-Up Transformer

Sthenic

Stratification

Superconductor

Superficial

Superior

Supination

Supine

Surgical Asepsis

Suspension

Sv

Syncope

T

T-Tube Cholangiogram

TAN

Tangential Projection

TEA

Tesla

Thermal Capacity

Thermionic Emission

Thompson Scatter

Thoreaus Filter

Thorium

Thrombophlebitis

Thrombosis

Tilt

Trendelenburg

Tube Rating Chart

Tungsten

Ulcer

Underexposed

Unmodified Scatter

Unsharpness

Ureterogram

Urethrogram

Urolithiasis

Urticaria

V

Valgus

Valsalva Maneuver

Varices

Varus

Vector

Velocity

Ventral

Ventral Recumbent

Vidicon

View

Virus

Viscosity

Voiding Cystogram

Volt

Voltaic Pile

Voltmeter

Volvulus

W

Watt

Wavelength

Wedge Filter

Window

Window Level

Window Width

XCCL

Y-Axis

Yttrium

Z Number

Zenkers Diverticulum