Doctor of Medicine who specializes in radiology and is concerned with the diagnostic and/or therapeutic use of x-rays and other imaging technologies.

Branch of medicine that deals with radioactive substances and is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by visualizing any of the various sources of radiant energy.

Division of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book that contains information about radiographic, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound procedures.

Written or dictated document of the findings after radiological films have been taken of an individual’s body part or organ. Also referred to as x-ray report .

Three branches of radiology services include diagnostic radiology, which is imaging using external sources of radiation or no radiation; nuclear medicine, which is imaging radioactive materials that are placed in body organs; and therapeutic radiology, which is the treatment of cancer using radiation.

Isotope that undergoes radioactive decay and is used for nuclear imaging or scanning and treating tumors and cancer.