originator: Arianne
origination date: 25/01/2001
| ISA | NUCLEAR-SCANNING |
| ANCESTORS | ALL DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST MEDICAL-SERVE NUCLEAR-SCANNING PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT TOMOGRAPHY WORK-ACTIVITY X-RAY |
| RELATIONS | AFFECTS-BODY-PART : SKELETON ORIGIN-OF : BONE-SCAN-IMAGE USES : CONTRAST-MEDIUM |
| bone scan | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: examination of the bones in which an image is taken of the entire body skeleton or a specific area after the injection of a tracer radioactive substance into the blood which carries it to the bones. Those areas where cells are dividing rapidly because of the cancer will, pick up more of the substance resulting in hot spots on the image. This procedure may be performed to check for other cancers that have spread to the bone such as prostate or breast cancer. (en) context (x): I_boscan.txt origination date: 05/12/2001 |
| gammagrafía ósea | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: radiografía seriada de los huesos del cuerpo. Se toman imágenes del esceleto entero o de una parte después de la inyección intravenosa de una sustancia radiactiva. Esta sustancia se centra en zonas con células cancerosas que así se detectan en la radiografía. Esta técnica se utiliza para averiguar si algún cáncer, como por ejemplo cáncer de próstata o de mama, se extiende a los huesos. (es) |