RADIOLOGY- IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS-LESSON 152
ABBREVIATIONS 1. Angio Angiography 2. AP Anteroposterior 3. Ba Barium 4. CAT Computerized axial tomography 5. cGy Centigray 6. C-Spine Cervical spine films 7. CT Computed tomography 8. CXR Chest x-ray 9. Decub Decubitus (lying down) 10. DI Diagnostic imaging 11. DSA Digital subtraction angiography 12. Fx Fracture 13. 67Ga Radioactive gallium (used in whole-body and brain scans) 14. Gy Gray (unit of radiation and equal to 100 rads) 15. 131I Radioactive iodine (used in thyroiduptake, liver and kidney scans and treatment of ...