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The medical specialty of radiation therapy. The study of radiation treatment of abnormal tissue growths (malignant or nonmalignant).
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The use of radiation energy to interfere with tumor growth. See irradiation. The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body...
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Of or relating to radiography. Referring to the examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of x-rays or other diagnostic modalities.
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Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of x-rays with the record of the findings usually impressed upon a photographic film. Radiography is the examination of a specimen or any part of the body, usually for diagnostic purposes, by means...
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A physician trained in the diagnostic and/or therapeutic use of x-rays and radionuclides, radiation physics, and biology. A diagnostic radiologist may also be trained in diagnostic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging and applicable physics.
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1) The science of high energy radiation and of the sources and the chemical, physical, and biologic effects of such radiation; the term usually refers to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. 2) The scientific discipline of medical imaging using ionizing radiation,...
