| A | B |
|---|
| -26 | Professional Component |
| -TC | Technical Component |
| -22 | Increased Procedural Service |
| Stereotactic | positioning in three dimensional space |
| Gamma Rays | high frequency radiation used for imaging that can cause physical damage |
| Thallium | soft malleable radioisotope used for improved imaging |
| Retrograde | moving backwards through the normal pathway |
| Antegrade | Moving in the normal or forward direction |
| Uptake | radiotracer accumulates in the organ or body area being examined |
| Interstitial | Between things that are closely spaced |
| SPECT | single photon emission CT |
| Doppler | reflected sound waves used to analyze organs and their function |
| Positron | used in PET scans- works against electrons to produce emission |
| Hyperthermia | elevated body temperature used for treatment |
| Technitium 99 | First synthetically produced radiotracer |
| Brachytherapy | implanting radioactive seeds interstitally or intracavitary |
| Palliative | relief of pain- not curative |
| Therapeutic | medicine or therapy |
| Adjuvent | targets leftover disease after primary treatment |
