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Bone Scan

to detect the spread of metastatic cancer in the bones

2 dimensional images of abnormalities in the human skeleton

traces are injected and circulate and become absorbed by the bones then a gamma camera pass above the patient and pick up the patterns of the tracers

MRI

monitor treatment for conditions in the chest abdomen and pelvis and look at organs more closer.

detailed images of soft tissues unlike the others that look at bones with more detail

creates cross-sectional images using magnets as opposed to radiation

CT Scan

examine internal organs for injuries look at brain or spine for injuries.

cross sections of soft tissues and bone

the machine takes a series of x-ray views from many angles and are then combined to make cross sectional images

X Ray

looking at bones to see fractures or looking at lungs for pneumonia

shows two dimensional images of bones, teeth, heart etc.

a machine sends individual X-ray particles called photons through the body producing photos