Guide to Diagnostic Tests
- abdominal plain radiograph (kub [kidneys, ureters, bladder] x-ray) - abdomen
- angiography - aorta and its branches
- barium enema (be) - gastrointestinal
- bone positron emission tomography/computed tomography (pet/ct), whole body, with sodium 18fluoride (na18f) - bone
- bone scan, whole body (radionuclide; 99mtc-methyl diphosphonate [mdp]) - bone
- brain scan (radionuclide) - brain
- cardiac mri - heart
- chest radiograph - chest
- computed tomography (ct) - abdomen
- computed tomography (ct) angiography - lung
- computed tomography (ct) - chest
- computed tomography (ct) - genitourinary
- computed tomography (ct) - head
- computed tomography (ct) - liver
- computed tomography (ct) - neck
- computed tomography (ct) - pancreas
- computed tomography (ct) - spine
- computed tomography angiography (cta) - aorta and its branches
- computed tomography coronary artery calcium scoring/angiography - heart
- ct angiography (cta) - brain
- ct colonography - gastrointestinal
- ct enterography - gastrointestinal
- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) - pancreas/biliary tree
- esophageal reflux scintigraphy study (radionuclide) - gastrointestinal
- gastric emptying scintigraphy study (radionuclide) - gastrointestinal
- gi bleeding scan (labeled red cell scan, radionuclide) - gastrointestinal
- hepatic angiography - liver
- hepatic iminodiacetic acid scan (hida) - gallbladder
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- hypaque enema - gastrointestinal
- leukocyte scan (indium scan, labeled white blood cell [wbc] scan, technetium-99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime [tc99m-hmpao]-labeled wbc scan, radionuclide) - blood
- liver, spleen scan (radionuclide) - liver-spleen
- magnetic resonance angiography/venography (mra/mrv) - brain
- magnetic resonance angiography (mra) - aorta and its branches
- magnetic resonance angiography (mra) - neck
- magnetic resonance cholangiopancrea-tography (mrcp) - pancreas/biliary tree
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - abdomen
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - chest
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - genitourinary
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - head
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - liver
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - musculoskeletal system
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - neck
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - pelvis
- magnetic resonance imaging (mri) - spine
- mammogram and tomosynthesis - breast
- mesenteric angiography - abdomen
- mibg (meta-iodobenzylguanidine) (radionuclide) - adrenal
- mr enterography - gastrointestinal
- mri - breast
- myelography and cisternography - brain
- myocardial perfusion scan (thallium scan, technetium-99m methoxyisobutyl isonitrile [sestamibi] scan, others) - heart
- parathyroid scan (radionuclide) - parathyroid
- percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (ptc) - liver/biliary tree
- positron emission tomography/computed tomography (pet/ct) with 18ffluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) - abdomen/pelvis
- positron emission tomography/computed tomography (pet/ct) with 18ffluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) - chest
- positron emission tomography (pet)/single photon emission computed tomography (spect) brain scan with 18ffluorodeoxyglucose (fdg) - brain
- radionuclide ventriculography (multigated acquisition [muga]) - heart
- renal scan (radionuclide) - genitourinary
- risks of gadolinium-based mri intravenous contrast agents
- risks of iodinated ct intravenous contrast agents
- small bowel follow-through - gastrointestinal
- thyroid therapy - thyroid
- thyroid uptake and scan - thyroid
- ultrasound (us) - abdomen
- ultrasound (us) - gallbladder
- ultrasound (us) - genitourinary
- ultrasound (us) - liver
- ultrasound (us) - neck
- ultrasound (us) - pelvis
- ultrasound (us) - vasculature
- ultrasound - breast
- ultrasound - thyroid
- upper gi study (ugi) - gastrointestinal
- ventilation-perfusion scan (radionuclide) - lung