X-RAY

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X-RAY

subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 15/12/2000
originator: Claudia
check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISA	DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
SUBCLASSES	CONTRAST-X-RAY SIMPLE-X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY
DESCENDANTS	AIR-CONTRAST-X-RAY ANGIOGRAPHY BILATERAL-PEDAL-LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY BONE-SCAN BRAIN-SCAN BRONCHOGRAPHY CEREBRAL-ANGIOGRAPHY CHOLANGIOGRAPHY CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY CONTRAST-X-RAY CYSTOGRAPHY DIGITAL-MAMMOGRAPHY DUODENOGRAPHY ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY ENCEPHALOGRAPHY ENDOSCOPIC-RETROGRADE-CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY ESOPHAGOGRAPHY EXCRETORY-UROGRAPHY FLUOROSCOPY GALLIUM-SCAN GI-SERIES HEART-SCAN HYSTEROGRAPHY KIDNEY-SCAN LARYNGOGRAPHY LIENOGRAPHY LIVER-SCAN LOWER-GI-SERIES LUNG-SCAN LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY MAMMOGRAPHY MRI MYELOGRAPHY NEPHROTOMOGRAPHY NUCLEAR-SCANNING PANCREAS-SCAN PERCUTANEOUS-TRANSHEPATIC-CHOLANGIOGRAPHY PERITONEOGRAPHY PET-SCAN PNEUMOALVEOLOGRAPHY PNEUMOANGIOGRAPHY PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY PNEUMOGRAPHY PORTOGRAPHY RETROGRADE-UROGRAPHY SELECTIVE-RENAL-ARTERIOGRAPHY SIMPLE-X-RAY THYROID-SCAN TOMOGRAPHY UPPER-GI-SERIES URETHROGRAPHY UROGRAPHY VENACAVOGRAPHY VENOGRAPHY VENTRICULOGRAPHY XEROGRAPHY XEROMAMMOGRAPHY
ANCESTORS	ALL DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONS	ORIGIN-OF : RADIOGRAPH USED-IN : LOWER-GI-SERIES TOMOGRAPHY GI-SERIES FLUOROSCOPY XEROGRAPHY DIGITAL-MAMMOGRAPHY COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY UTILIZES : X-RAY-UNIT

English
X ray	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X rays with the findings recorded on film. These pictures can be made with (invasive) or without the injection or ingestion of a contrast medium (noninvasive). (en)
roentgenography	definition: see X ray. (en) term type: synonym number: singular reliability code: 10 part of speech: noun
radiography	term type: synonym reliability code: 10 part of speech: noun number: singular definition: see X ray. (en)

Spanish
rayos X	term type: synonym part of speech: noun gender: masculine number: plural reliability code: 10 definition: ver radiografía. (es)
radiografía	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: procedimiento diagnóstico para efectuar registros radiográficos de estructuras internas del cuerpo u organismo por paso de rayos X a través del mismo, que finalmente actúan sobre una película especialmente sensibilizada. En algunos casos se utiliza una sustancia opaca para mejorar la calidad del registro radiográfico (radiografía de contraste). Esta técnica se emplea extensamente como medio diagnóstico y terapéutico en diversas afecciones externas e internas. (es) origination date: 15/01/2001 originator: Claudia
roentgenografía	term type: synonym reliability code: 10 part of speech: noun number: singular gender: feminine definition: ver radiografía. (es)

German

Roentgenaufnahme

term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: feminine
reliability code: 10
definition: Verfahren, durch das auf speziellem photographischem Film oder Papier mittels Röntgenstrahlen ein »Schattenbild« erzeugt wird, z.B. eines Organs oder Körperteils. Die Untersuchung erfolgt unter - im allgemeinen normierter - Lagerung des Patienten u. der Röhreneinstellrichtung, ohne oder mit Anw. eines Röntgenkontrastmittels (Leeraufnahme bzw. Kontrastuntersuchung), ohne oder mit Sichtleitung (= Übersichts- bzw. Zielaufnahme), evtl. auch in mehreren Ebenen (z.B. Sagittal-, Frontal-, Schrägaufnahme). (de)
origination date: 15/02/2001
originator: Claudia