Definition of scintigraphy in English:
scintigraphy
noun sɪnˈtɪɡrəfisɪnˈtɪɡrəfi
mass nounMedicine A technique in which a scintillation counter or similar detector is used with a radioactive tracer to obtain an image of a bodily organ or a record of its functioning.
Example sentencesExamples
- The diagnostic relevance of other techniques (ultrasonography, evacuation scintigraphy, pelvic floor magnetic resonance imaging, etc) is under evaluation.
- Nuclear medicine scintigraphy can image the entire axial and appendicular skeleton to detect distant sites of osseous metastases.
- The availability of diagnostic modalities such as scintigraphy and MRI has also been beneficial.
- A recent study has suggested that iliac crest bone marrow biopsy is less sensitive and more invasive than either bone scintigraphy or MRI.
- They include plain radiographs, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, and bone scintigraphy.
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine A gallium scintigraphic scan showed markedly increased uptake of isotope in the lesion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Therefore, researchers have attempted to evaluate the role of motility dysfunction in nonulcer dyspepsia by conducting scintigraphic studies of gastric emptying, manometry, and electrogastrography.
- Increased scintigraphic uptake was bilateral in 10 patients and unilateral in 4.
- It is also unknown whether all patients with clinical symptoms or only those with diffuse scintigraphic uptake have a localized low tibial bone mineral density.
- Chest radiographs and a scintigraphic bone scan were negative.
Origin
1950s: from scintillation + -graphy.
Definition of scintigraphy in US English:
scintigraphy
nounsɪnˈtɪɡrəfisinˈtiɡrəfē
Medicine A technique in which a scintillation counter or similar detector is used with a radioactive tracer to obtain an image of a bodily organ or a record of its functioning.
Example sentencesExamples
- The availability of diagnostic modalities such as scintigraphy and MRI has also been beneficial.
- The diagnostic relevance of other techniques (ultrasonography, evacuation scintigraphy, pelvic floor magnetic resonance imaging, etc) is under evaluation.
- Nuclear medicine scintigraphy can image the entire axial and appendicular skeleton to detect distant sites of osseous metastases.
- A recent study has suggested that iliac crest bone marrow biopsy is less sensitive and more invasive than either bone scintigraphy or MRI.
- They include plain radiographs, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, and bone scintigraphy.
Origin
1950s: from scintillation + -graphy.