X-ray & Fluoroscopy

What is X-Ray?

Radiography, known to most people as x-ray, is the oldest and most frequently used form of medical imaging. X-ray creates diagnostic images by passing small, highly controlled amounts of radiation through the human body, capturing the resulting shadows and reflections on an image receptor.

What is Fluoroscopy?

Fluoroscopy is a special type of x-ray that allows the radiologist to examine different parts of your body, such as organs and tissues, in real time to determine how these systems look and function. Fluoroscopic images are viewed on a monitor similar to a TV screen. Most fluoroscopic exams require the use of contrast dye. This contrast may be injected or administered orally.

Bone X-Rays

Radiography, known to most people as x-ray, is the oldest and most frequently used form of medical imaging. For nearly a century, diagnostic images have been created by passing small, highly controlled amounts of radiation through the human body, capturing the resulting shadows and reflections on a imaging receptor.

Chest X-Rays

Chest x-rays are the most commonly performed diagnostic x-ray examination. Approximately half of all x-rays obtained in medical institutions are chest x-rays. A chest x-ray is usually done for the evaluation of lungs, heart and chest wall. Pneumonia, heart failure, emphysema, lung cancer and other medical conditions can be diagnosed or suspected on a chest x-ray.

X-ray - Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)

An Intravenous Pyelogram is a test to study how the urinary system (kidneys, ureters, bladder) looks and works. It can be used to diagnose symptoms such as blood in the urine or pain in the side or lower back. It is particularly beneficial when looking for blockage due to kidney stones. This exam requires an intravenous injection of contrast dye.

Fluoroscopy -Barium Enema

The barium enema is a series of pictures of your large intestines also called your colon. A radiologist uses fluoroscopy to watch as your colon is filled with barium through a tube in the rectum. It is a very safe way of looking for narrowing, blockages, polyps, or diverticula in your rectum and colon.

Fluoroscopy - Upper GI (Stomach)

An upper gastrointestinal study that uses orally administered barium to view the stomach under fluoroscopy.

Fluoroscopy - Cystourethrogram (Bladder)

A cystourethrogram is a test that shows the urinary bladder. It is commonly ordered by your physician to look for reflux of urine from the bladder back into the ureters.

Fluoroscopy-Myelogram (spinal canal)

A myelogram, usually performed in conjunction with a CT scan, is an x-ray exam to study a particular level of your spine and the fluid-filled space within the spinal canal.

Fluoroscopy-Arthrogram (joints)

An arthrogram is an examination of a joint that requires contrast material to be injected in the joint space and a series of images taken.

Fluoroscopy - Interventional Pain Procedures (spine, joints)

Pain procedures are to provide temporary or prolonged relief from pain or infammation in your joints or back. Imaging guidance, such as fluorsocopy or computed tomography (CT), may be used. The goal of a pain relief injection is to "turn off" a pain signal coming from a specific location in the body or to decrease inflammation in that area.

Fluoroscopy – Hysterosalpinograms (uterus, fallopian tubes)

This procedure exams the uterus and fallopian tubes to determine if the fallopian tubes are patent (open). A small catheter is placed into the uterus, x-ray contrast is injected and a series of pictures are taken.

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More Information?

For more information about these and other procedures, visit RadiologyInfo.org.