Radiography Abbreviations
A
AAPM - American Association of Physics in Medicine
AAS - Acute Abdominal Series
ABC - Automatic Brightness Control
ABD - Abdomen
AC - Alternating Current
ACR - American College of Radiology
ADC - Analog-to-Digital Converter
AEC - Automatic Exposure Control
AGC - Automatic Gain Control
AHRA - American Healthcare Radiology Administrators
Al - Aluminium
ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable.
AMU - Atomic mass units
AP - Anterio-Posterior
APR - Anatomical Programmed Radiography
ARNA - American Radiological Nurses Association
ARR - Academy of Radiology Research
ARRS - American Roentgen Ray Society
ARRT - American Registry of Radiologic Technology
a-Se - Aamorphous Selenium
a-Si - Amorphous Silicon
ASRT - American Society of Radiologic Technologists
B Return To Top
Ba - Barium
BAS - Barium Swallow
Be - Beryllium
BE - Barium Enema
BIR - The British Institute of Radiology
BS - British Standard
BW - Bandwidth
C Return To Top
C/kg - Coulomb per Kilogram
CAT - Computed Axial Tomography
CAU - Caudal
CCD - Charge Coupled Device
CD - Compact Disc
CDR - Recordable Compact Disc
CEU - Continuing Education Unit
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease
CINE - C inematographic
CNR - Contrast-to-Noise Ratio
CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
CR - Computed Radiography
CRA - Cranial
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
CsI - Caesium Iodide
CT - Computed Tomography
CTDI - Computed Tomography Dose Index
Cu - Copper
CXR - Chest X-ray
D Return To Top
DAP - Dose Area Product
DAS - Data Acquisition System
DC - Direct Current
DDR - Direct Digital Radiography
DECUB - Decubitis
DH - Department of Health
DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
DLP - Dose-Length Product
DQE - Detective Quantum Efficiency
DSA - Digital Subtraction Angiography
DTPA - Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid
DVD - Digital Video Disc
E Return To Top
Eb - Electron Binding Energy
EBCT - Electron Beam Computed Tomography
ECG - Electro Cardiogram
EPI - Echo Planar Imaging
ESR - Electron Spin Resonance
ETL - Echo Train Length
eV - Electron Volt
F Return To Top
FA - Flip Angle
FATSAT - Fat Saturation
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDD - Focus to Detector Distance
FDD -focus to detector distance
FE - Field Echo
FFT - Fast Fourier Transform
FID - Focus to Isocentre Distance, Free Induction Decay
FOV - Field Of View
FPR - Fluoroscopy Programmed Radiography
FPS - Frames Per Second
FSE - Fast Spin Echo
FT - Fourier Transform
G Return To Top
GCF - Grid Conversion Factor
Gd - Gadolinium
Gd2O2S - Gadolinium Oxysulphide
GE - Geometric Efficiency, General Electric, Gradient Echo
GI - Gastrointestinal
Gy - Gray
H Return To Top
H+ - Hydrogen Density
HIS - Hospital Information System
HU - Hounsfield Unit
Hz - Hertz
I Return To Top
ICRP - International Commison on Radiological Protection
II - Image Intensifier
IM - Intramuscular
IR - Inversion Recovery, Interventional Radiology
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
IV - Intravenous
IVP - Intravenous Pyleogram
IVU - Intravenous Urogram
J Return To Top
JRCERT - Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
K Return To Top
KeV - Kiloelectron Volt
Kg - Kilogram
kVp - Kilovoltage Peak
L Return To Top
LAO - Left Anterior Oblique
LCD - Low Contrast Detail, Liquid Crystal Display
LCR - Low Contrast Resolution
LI - Linear Interpolator
LIH - Last Image Hold
LPO - Left Posterior Oblique
LSF - Line Spread Function
LT - Left
LUT - Look Up Table
M Return To Top
MAMMO - Mammography, Mammogram
mA - Milliamperage
mAs - Milliampere Seconds
MDA - Medical Devices Agency
MDCT - Multi-Detector Computed Tomography
MDD - Medical Device Directive
MinIP - Minimum Intensity Projection
MIP - Maximum Intensity projection
Mo - Molybdenum
MOD - Magneto-Optical Disc
MRA - Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRS - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
MSAD - Multiple Scan Average Dose
MSCT - Multi-Slice Computed Tomography
MTF - Modulation Transfer Function
Mz - Magnetization Vector
N Return To Top
NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurment
NEMA - National Equipment Manufacturers Agency
NEQ - Noise Equivalent Quanta
NEX - Number of Excitations
NRC - Nuclear Ragulatory Commission
NRPB - National Radiological Protection Board
O Return To Top
OBL - Oblique
OD - Optical Density
P Return To Top
PA - Postero-Anterior
PACS - Picture Archive and Communications System
Pb - Lead
PBL - Positive Beam Limitation
PMT - Photomultiplier Tube
POSL - Pulse Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeter
PPS - Pulses Per Second
PRE-SAT - Presaturation
PSF - Point Spread Function
PSP - Photostimulable Phosphor
PTCA - Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Q Return To Top
QA - Quality Assurance
QC - Quality Control
R Return To Top
R&F - Radiography and Fluoroscopy
RAD - Radiation Absorbed Dose
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAO - Right Anterior Oblique
REM - Radiation Equivalent Man
RFOV - Reconstruction Field Of View
Rh - Rhodium
RIS - Radiology Information System
ROI - Region Of Interest
RPO - Right Posterior Oblique
RSNA - Radiological Society of North America
RT - Right, Registered Technologist
S Return To Top
SAR - Specific Absorption Rate
SCP - Service Class Provider
SCAR - Society for Computer Applications in Radiology
SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCU - Service Class User
SE - Spin Echo
SFOV - Scan Field Of View
SID - Source to Image Distance
SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio
SONO - Sonogram, Sonography
SPR - Scan Projection Radiograph
SSD - Surface Shaded Display
Sv - Seivert
T Return To Top
T - Tesla
TCDD - Threshold Contrast Detail Detectability
TDI - Time Delay Integration
TE - Echo Time
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
TI - Inversion Time
TLD - Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
TOF - Time of Flight
TOMO - Tomography, Tomogram
TR - Repetition Time
U Return To Top
UGI - Upper Gastrointestinal Series
US - Ultrasond, Ultrasonography
V Return To Top
VR - Volume Rendered, Volume Rendering
W Return To Top
W - Tungsten
WIP - Work In Progress
X Return To Top
XR - X-ray
AAPM - American Association of Physics in Medicine
AAS - Acute Abdominal Series
ABC - Automatic Brightness Control
ABD - Abdomen
AC - Alternating Current
ACR - American College of Radiology
ADC - Analog-to-Digital Converter
AEC - Automatic Exposure Control
AGC - Automatic Gain Control
AHRA - American Healthcare Radiology Administrators
Al - Aluminium
ALARA - As Low As Reasonably Achievable.
AMU - Atomic mass units
AP - Anterio-Posterior
APR - Anatomical Programmed Radiography
ARNA - American Radiological Nurses Association
ARR - Academy of Radiology Research
ARRS - American Roentgen Ray Society
ARRT - American Registry of Radiologic Technology
a-Se - Aamorphous Selenium
a-Si - Amorphous Silicon
ASRT - American Society of Radiologic Technologists
B Return To Top
Ba - Barium
BAS - Barium Swallow
Be - Beryllium
BE - Barium Enema
BIR - The British Institute of Radiology
BS - British Standard
BW - Bandwidth
C Return To Top
C/kg - Coulomb per Kilogram
CAT - Computed Axial Tomography
CAU - Caudal
CCD - Charge Coupled Device
CD - Compact Disc
CDR - Recordable Compact Disc
CEU - Continuing Education Unit
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease
CINE - C inematographic
CNR - Contrast-to-Noise Ratio
CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
CR - Computed Radiography
CRA - Cranial
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
CsI - Caesium Iodide
CT - Computed Tomography
CTDI - Computed Tomography Dose Index
Cu - Copper
CXR - Chest X-ray
D Return To Top
DAP - Dose Area Product
DAS - Data Acquisition System
DC - Direct Current
DDR - Direct Digital Radiography
DECUB - Decubitis
DH - Department of Health
DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
DLP - Dose-Length Product
DQE - Detective Quantum Efficiency
DSA - Digital Subtraction Angiography
DTPA - Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid
DVD - Digital Video Disc
E Return To Top
Eb - Electron Binding Energy
EBCT - Electron Beam Computed Tomography
ECG - Electro Cardiogram
EPI - Echo Planar Imaging
ESR - Electron Spin Resonance
ETL - Echo Train Length
eV - Electron Volt
F Return To Top
FA - Flip Angle
FATSAT - Fat Saturation
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDD - Focus to Detector Distance
FDD -focus to detector distance
FE - Field Echo
FFT - Fast Fourier Transform
FID - Focus to Isocentre Distance, Free Induction Decay
FOV - Field Of View
FPR - Fluoroscopy Programmed Radiography
FPS - Frames Per Second
FSE - Fast Spin Echo
FT - Fourier Transform
G Return To Top
GCF - Grid Conversion Factor
Gd - Gadolinium
Gd2O2S - Gadolinium Oxysulphide
GE - Geometric Efficiency, General Electric, Gradient Echo
GI - Gastrointestinal
Gy - Gray
H Return To Top
H+ - Hydrogen Density
HIS - Hospital Information System
HU - Hounsfield Unit
Hz - Hertz
I Return To Top
ICRP - International Commison on Radiological Protection
II - Image Intensifier
IM - Intramuscular
IR - Inversion Recovery, Interventional Radiology
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
IV - Intravenous
IVP - Intravenous Pyleogram
IVU - Intravenous Urogram
J Return To Top
JRCERT - Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
K Return To Top
KeV - Kiloelectron Volt
Kg - Kilogram
kVp - Kilovoltage Peak
L Return To Top
LAO - Left Anterior Oblique
LCD - Low Contrast Detail, Liquid Crystal Display
LCR - Low Contrast Resolution
LI - Linear Interpolator
LIH - Last Image Hold
LPO - Left Posterior Oblique
LSF - Line Spread Function
LT - Left
LUT - Look Up Table
M Return To Top
MAMMO - Mammography, Mammogram
mA - Milliamperage
mAs - Milliampere Seconds
MDA - Medical Devices Agency
MDCT - Multi-Detector Computed Tomography
MDD - Medical Device Directive
MinIP - Minimum Intensity Projection
MIP - Maximum Intensity projection
Mo - Molybdenum
MOD - Magneto-Optical Disc
MRA - Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRS - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
MSAD - Multiple Scan Average Dose
MSCT - Multi-Slice Computed Tomography
MTF - Modulation Transfer Function
Mz - Magnetization Vector
N Return To Top
NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurment
NEMA - National Equipment Manufacturers Agency
NEQ - Noise Equivalent Quanta
NEX - Number of Excitations
NRC - Nuclear Ragulatory Commission
NRPB - National Radiological Protection Board
O Return To Top
OBL - Oblique
OD - Optical Density
P Return To Top
PA - Postero-Anterior
PACS - Picture Archive and Communications System
Pb - Lead
PBL - Positive Beam Limitation
PMT - Photomultiplier Tube
POSL - Pulse Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeter
PPS - Pulses Per Second
PRE-SAT - Presaturation
PSF - Point Spread Function
PSP - Photostimulable Phosphor
PTCA - Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Q Return To Top
QA - Quality Assurance
QC - Quality Control
R Return To Top
R&F - Radiography and Fluoroscopy
RAD - Radiation Absorbed Dose
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAO - Right Anterior Oblique
REM - Radiation Equivalent Man
RFOV - Reconstruction Field Of View
Rh - Rhodium
RIS - Radiology Information System
ROI - Region Of Interest
RPO - Right Posterior Oblique
RSNA - Radiological Society of North America
RT - Right, Registered Technologist
S Return To Top
SAR - Specific Absorption Rate
SCP - Service Class Provider
SCAR - Society for Computer Applications in Radiology
SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCU - Service Class User
SE - Spin Echo
SFOV - Scan Field Of View
SID - Source to Image Distance
SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio
SONO - Sonogram, Sonography
SPR - Scan Projection Radiograph
SSD - Surface Shaded Display
Sv - Seivert
T Return To Top
T - Tesla
TCDD - Threshold Contrast Detail Detectability
TDI - Time Delay Integration
TE - Echo Time
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
TI - Inversion Time
TLD - Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
TOF - Time of Flight
TOMO - Tomography, Tomogram
TR - Repetition Time
U Return To Top
UGI - Upper Gastrointestinal Series
US - Ultrasond, Ultrasonography
V Return To Top
VR - Volume Rendered, Volume Rendering
W Return To Top
W - Tungsten
WIP - Work In Progress
X Return To Top
XR - X-ray
