| Abdo |
abdomen |
| Abdo E&S |
abdomen erect and supine (lying face upwards) |
| Angio |
angiogram (shows blood vessels) |
| Arthrogram |
contrast injected into a joint cavity to outline it |
| AP |
antero-posterior view |
| AXR |
abdominal X-ray |
| Barium |
a substance opaque to X-rays |
| Ba E |
barium enema |
| Ba Sw |
barium swallow |
| Ba M |
barium meal |
| Ba FT |
barium follow through |
| Ca |
cancer |
| C B (WNCB) |
core biopsy (wide needle core biopsy). Small samples of tissue are taken using a special needle |
| Chole |
cholecystogram (for the gall bladder) (rarely if ever performed today) |
| Contrast media |
the substance injected into spaces to outline them as it is radio-opaque.
Often called 'dye' but it is colourless |
| C C |
cranio-caudal view. Often used in mammography for the view taken from above to below |
| CXR |
chest X-ray |
| Doppler |
in ultrasound, the Doppler principle is used to detect and measure flow in vessels |
| ERCP |
endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram. Using a side-viewing endoscopy, the common bile and pancreatic ducts are cannulated and contrast medium is injected to outline the ducts |
| FFD |
focus film distance |
| FNA (c) |
fine needle aspiration cytology. Cells are taken by a fine needle |
| H S G |
hystero-salpingogram. An investigation to outline the uterine cavity and the fallopian tubes |
| I A M |
internal auditory meatus. The point in the skull where the nerves enter the inner ear |
| IVP |
intravenous pyelogram (same as IVU). Contrast media is injected into a vein and is excreted by the kidney, outlining the urinary system |
| IVU |
intravenous urogram (same as IVP) |
| KUB |
kidneys, ureters and bladder |
| LAT |
lateral view |
| LO |
lateral oblique view (often called oblique/obl view) |
| Mammo |
mammogram |
| MCU (G) |
micturating cysto-urethrogram. Investigation of the urinary tract by direct needle puncture, often before insertion of a drainage catheter |
| NOF |
neck of femur |
| Obstretic AFI |
amniotic fluid index |
| CRL |
crown rump length (measurement of fetus) |
| ET |
endometrial thickness (of the uterine cavity) |
| FH |
fetal heart |
| MSD |
mean sac diameter (measurement of fetal sac) |
| PA |
postero-anterior view |
| PCN |
Percutaneous nephrostomy. Investigation of the urinary tract by direct needle puncture, often before insertion of a drainage catheter |
| PNS |
postnasal space |
| PT (H)C |
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram. Investigation of the biliary system inside the liver via direct needle puncture |
| Protogram |
Investigation of the rectum. Defaecating proctogram is conducted during defaecation |
| R Lat |
right lateral (or L Lat - left lateral) view |
| S I Js |
Sacro-iliac joints |
| Spine : C sp |
cervical spine |
| L sp |
lumbar spine |
| LS sp |
lumbo-sacral spine |
| T sp |
thoracic spine |
| SXR |
Skull X-ray |
| Tib & Fib |
tibia and fibula |
| T M J |
temperomandibular joint |
| TV Scan |
transvaginal ultrasound scan |
| Urodynamics |
The study of bladder function |
| US |
ultrasound |
| XR |
plain X-ray |