- Jan 30, 2012
.I had a lower back and pelvic x-ray today for right leg numbness and weakness, and the tec...
X-ray
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What is X-ray?
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light. In a health care setting, a machines sends are individual x-ray particles, called photons. These particles pass through the body. A computer or special film is used to record the images that are created.
Structures that are dense (such as bone) will block most of the x-ray particles, and will appear white. Metal and contrast media (special dye used to highlight areas of the body) will also appear white. Structures containing air will be black and muscle, fat, and fluid will appear as shades of gray.
Alternative Names:
Radiography
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Posts on X-ray (28)
- Dec 21, 2011
My boyfriend has one eye that now looks more sunken than the other. He had some blunt traum...
- Sep 18, 2011
Can someone please let me know if there is something wrong here?
Specifically in the area...
- Sep 13, 2011
Can someone please let me know if there is something wrong here?
Specifically in the area ...
- Dec 20, 2010
There has been a lot on the internet recently about a possible link between dental x-rays a...
- May 30, 2010
I woke up one night a couple months ago with a painful, swollen knuckle on my left ring fin...
- May 19, 2010
i was supposed to go in for surgery next week but there is a very small shadow on my x-ray....
i m a 25 yr old woman.I have done my X-ray and found that there is some white spot in my lu...
- Dec 02, 2009
I broke the 4th metacarpal of my left hand in two places playing rugby 5 weeks ago. I had s...
- Oct 05, 2009
While I was on treatment with Interferon and Riba I had been asked by my Eyes doc to do a C...
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