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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A picture of structures inside the body. Scans often used in diagnosing, staging, and monitoring disease include liver scans, bone scans, and computed tomography (CT) or computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. In liver scanning and bone scanning, radioactive substances that are injected into the bloodstream collect in these organs. A scanner that detects the radiation is used to create pictures. In CT scanning, an x-ray machine linked to a computer is used to produce detailed pictures of organs inside the body. MRI scans use a large magnet connected to a computer to create pictures of areas inside the body.
Industry:Health care
A test used to measure the amount of gastric acid made by the stomach. The patient receives an injection of the hormone gastrin or insulin. A tube is put through the nose or throat into the stomach and samples are taken from the stomach and sent to a laboratory for testing. Also called gastric acid secretion test and stomach acid test.
Industry:Health care
One of two small masses of lymphoid tissue on either side of the throat.
Industry:Health care
A rare, slow-growing tumor that usually forms in the optic nerve, optic chiasm, or optic tract. These are parts of the nervous system that carry messages from the eye to the brain. Also called optic pathway glioma.
Industry:Health care
Treatment that is given after cancer has disappeared following the initial therapy. Consolidation therapy is used to kill any cancer cells that may be left in the body. It may include radiation therapy, a stem cell transplant, or treatment with drugs that kill cancer cells. Also called intensification therapy and postremission therapy.
Industry:Health care
The mental process of thinking, learning, remembering, being aware of surroundings, and using judgment.
Industry:Health care
To make something less poisonous or harmful. It may refer to the process of removing toxins, poisons, or other harmful substances from the body.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, the removal of an organ or tumor in such a way that it comes out clean and whole, like a nut from its shell.
Industry:Health care
A substance made from morphine. Heroin is very addictive and it is illegal to use or sell it in the United States. It is a type of opiate.
Industry:Health care
