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Diagnostic Imaging

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Diagnostic imaging involves various techniques used to look inside the human body for diagnosis and treatment. This covers technologies like computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. These questions often appear in general science and general awareness examinations.

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Diagnostic Imaging Questions

Multiple choice

Which waves are used in sonography?

  1. Micro waves

  2. Light waves

  3. Ultrasonic waves

  4. Infrared waves
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sonography (ultrasound imaging) uses ultrasonic waves - high-frequency sound waves above human hearing range (typically 2-18 MHz). These waves can penetrate tissue and reflect off internal structures, creating images of organs and fetuses. The other options (microwaves, light waves, infrared) are electromagnetic waves, not sound.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the management of prostate cancer limited to the prostate gland only is correct?

  1. Active surveillance is a genuine approach.

  2. Prostatectomy has been observed to be superior over radiotherapy.

  3. Radiotherapy causes impotence in about 75% of patients.

  4. Prostatectomy leads to long term incontinence in about 25 to 30% of patients.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In management of prostate cancer which is confined to the prostate gland, active surveillance is a genuine approach, as are prostatectomy and radiotherapy.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements:

(1) The photocopy machines emit UV radiations which can cause eye problems. (2) UV radiations can be used to determine the temperature of objects, which is known as thermography. (3) CT scan uses computer processed X- rays and generates a three dimensional image of specific areas of the body.

Which of the given statements is/are true?

  1. Only (1)

  2. Only (2)

  3. Only (1) and (3)

  4. Only (2) and (3)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Statement (1) is correct. The photocopy machines emit UV radiations, which can cause eye problems.

Statement (2) is wrong. Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal imaging and thermal video are examples of infrared imaging science. Thermographic cameras usually detect radiation in the long-infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 9,000–14,000 nanometers or 9–14 µm) and produce images of that radiation, called thermograms. Statement (3) is correct. CT scan uses computer processed X- rays and generates a three dimensional image of specific areas of the body.
 

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts:

  1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a less effective way of picturing the interiors of the body than an X-ray.
  2. It is an application of nuclear medicine, since it uses nuclear magnetic resonance to create images of nuclei within the body.
  3. In this technique, a patient is actually made to lie within a large magnet before his interior organs can be pictured.

Which of the above is/are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 only

  3. 2 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NMRI), or Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualise internal structures of the body in detail. MRI makes use of the property of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to image nuclei of atoms inside the body. MRI can create more detailed images of the human body than are possible with X-rays. An MRI scanner is a device in which the patient lies within a large, powerful magnet where the magnetic field is used to align the magnetisation of some atomic nuclei in the body, and radio frequency magnetic fields are applied to systematically alter the alignment of this magnetisation.

Multiple choice

The gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis is __________.

  1. dual energy x-ray absorptiometry

  2. single energy x-ray absorptiometry

  3. ultrasound

  4. quantitative computed tomography
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The gold standard method of clinical bone mineral measurement, currently widely accepted is DX (dual energy x-ray absortimetry). If showed significant correlation between bone density values in jaws and those of lumbar spine, femoral neck and foramen. In osteoporosis, density of bone mineralization is reduced due to calcium loss and is assessed effective on DXA.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is TRUE?

  1. X-rays are used in astronomy.

  2. X-rays can penetrate through human flesh.

  3. X-rays can pass through metallic materials.

  4. X-rays are used in optical microscopy.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

X-rays can penetrate through human flesh.

Multiple choice

X-rays are used in

  1. radio therapy to cure tumors

  2. sterilizing surgical instruments

  3. studying the structure of molecules

  4. detecting invisible writings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

X-rays are used in radio therapy to cure tumors.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a use of ultrasound?

  1. Breaking small stones in kidneys

  2. Locating underwater objects

  3. Cleaning odd-shaped parts and electronic components

  4. Joining cracks and flaws in metal blocks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ultrasound can detect cracks and flaws in metal blocks, but cannot join them.