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AA Abdomen Abdominal Absorption characteristics ACGD Acoustic neurinoma ACRX ACT ADC Adenoma AFOV Aggregate AIT AML Aneurysm Angiography Angioplasty Angle of Louis Annulus Fibrosus Anterior descending artery Anterior scalene muscle Anticoagulant AoA Aorta Aortic annulus Aortic arch Aortic cusp Aortic isthmus Aortic root Aortic sinuses Aortic valve Aortic vestibule A/P APA Apex (of the heart)APM APS Arachnoidea ARC Arrhythmia ART Artefact Artery Arthrography Articular ARW Asbestosis Ascending aorta ASPIRE ASSET AST Atrial septum Atrioventricular groove Atrioventricular septum Atrioventricular valve Asystole Atherosclerosis atrium (pl. atria)Atrophic AV AVM AW AWS AX Azygos vein B-FEE BAM Barium BASING Benign Biliary atresia Biopsy Black blood Blood-brain barrier Body of the sternum BOLD BPM Brachiocephalic vein Brain stem Brain, x-ray BRAVO BREASE Bright blood Bronchial BSP bSSFP BTK Bulbous cordis C CAL Calcification Calcified Calculi Calyces Capillaries Capsule Carcinoma Cardiac Cardiac cycle Cardiac vein Cardiac imaging Cardioangiography Cardiologist Cardiomyopathy Cardiovascular imaging Carotid (artery)Carrier molecule Cartilage Cascade Catheter Catheters, x-ray CC CCOMP CE Cental fibrous body Central nervous system (CNS)Cerebellum Cerebral Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)Cerebrovascular Cerebrum Cervical Chemotoxicity CHESS Cholangitis Cholecystitis Chordae tendinae CIET Cine Circumflex artery Cirrhosis CL Clavicle Clot Clotting CNR CNS CNS imaging Coil Collecting system COMB Commissure Common cardinal vein Common carotid artery Congenital Contra-indication Contractility Contrast media (sing. medium) (CM)Contusion Conus ligament Coronal Coronary (artery)Coronary artery Coronary sinus Coronary sulcus COSMIC Costal cartilages Costo-diaphragmatic recess Crista supraventricularis Crista terminalis CRM CS CSA CSF(1)CSF(2)CSI CSTun CT CT-myelography CTL Cube CV Cyst Cystic Cystoscopy DA DDAS DE(1)DE(2)Decay Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)Degenerative Dementia Demyelinating Depolarisation Deposition diseases Descending aorta DFOV Diaphragm Diastole DICOM Diffuse Dimeric Direct injection Disk Dissection Doppler Double inversion recovery black blood DSE Ductus Duodenal bulb Duodenitis Duodenum Dural sac DW DX Dynamic eADC Echocardiography Echogenicity ED EDR EG Electromagnetic radiation Embolus Embryonic coelom Emphysema Endo-vascular Endocardium Endoscopic Endoscopy End-systole Endothelial Enema Enhance EPI EPIC Epicardium Erythrocyte ESP ET ETL Eustachian valve Extracellular Extraspinal Extrasystole External jugular vein Extremities FA FAME Fast gradient echo Fat-suppressed Fatty liver FC FCf FCs FE FFE FFT FGRE Fibrillation Fibrin Fibrinogen Fibrinolysis Fibrosis Fibrous skeleton Fibrous trigone FID Field of view FIESTA FIESTA-C Filling defect Fine-needle biopsy FLAIR Flip angle Flushing Flushing fMRI FPS FRFSE Focal Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)Foramen ovale Foramen ovale Four-chamber FOV FpA Fracture French French FSE FSPGR FT FTr Funct Functional imaging FWHM Gall-bladder stone Gamma camera Gantry Gastritis Gastro-oesophageal Gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract Gastrointestinal tract imaging GEM Glandular Glomerular filtration (GF)GMN Gradient echo GRASS GRE Great vessels GSPS GSR¹ GUI Gw Haemangioma Haematoma Haemorrhage Haemosiderosis Haemostasis Hemi azygos vein Half-life HD Head and neck imaging Heart, ultrasound Helicobacter pylori Hepatitis Herniation High-osmolar Hilar HIPAA HIS Histamine HLA horizontal long axis Horizontal long axis Hydrogen Hypertension Hypertonic Hypervascularity Hypotension Hypotonic IA IACs IDEAL IGRx In vitro In vivo Infarcted Infarction Inferior vena cava Infiltration Inflammation Infundibulum Inotropy INRX Interatrial groove Interatrial septum Intercellular Intercostal arteries Intercostal muscles Intercostal nerves Intercostal spaces Intercostal vein Intercostal vessels Interface Intermittent Internal mammary artery Internal mammary vessels Interstitial Interventricular groove Interventricular septum Intervertebral discs Inversion recovery Intima Intimal tear Intra-arterial Intracellular Intraspinal Intravenous Invasive Invasiveness Ionic Ionising radiation IR IR inversion recovery Ischaemic Isotonicity Isotope IV IVC IVC (inferior vena cava)IVI Kidney, X-ray LA LA Left atrium LAA LAA Left atrial appendage Laceration LAD Laminar flow LAVA LB LD50 LED Left main stem Left pulmonary artery Left ventricle Left ventricular outflow tract Lesion Ligament Ligament of Marshall Ligamentum arteriosum LIPV Liver and gallbladder imaging Low-osmolar Lower G.I. tract LPA LSPV Lumen Luxation LV LVOT LVOT coronal LVOT sagittal Lymph Lymphadenopathy Lymphangiography Lymphoma Main pulmonary artery Malignant Mammography Manubrium MART Matrix MDE ME MEDAL Mediastinal Mediastinum Medical imaging Membranous septum MEMP Meninges MENSA MERGE Metastasis Microadenoma MID MIP Mitral annulus Mitral valve MNS MOD Modalities Modality Moderator band Monomeric MP(1)MP(2)MPA MPGR MPR MPS MPVR MRA MRCP MRI MRI contrast MRS MSMA MSMG MT Mucosa Mucous membrane Multi-slice Multiplanar Multiple sclerosis (MS)Muscular septum Musculoskeletal system imaging MV Mitral valve Myelography Myocardial Myocardium NAV NC Neoplasm Nephrotoxic Effects in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Angiography Nephrotoxicity Nerve-root Neurological examination Neurotoxicity Neurotoxicity Nodular Nodules of Arantii Noduli Albini Non-ionic NP NPW NSA Nuclear Nuclear disk protrusion Nuclear medicine (NM)Oblique pericardial sinus Oblique sinus Obstruction Occult Oesophagus OLC Opaque Oral Orthogonal Osmolality Osmotoxicity Osteoblastic Osteolytic Osteomyelitis Osteonecrosis Osteoporosis Ostium secundum PA PA(2)PAC PACC PACS Papillary muscles Paranasal Parathyroid Parenchyma Parietal band Parietal pericardium Pathological PAVA PC(1)PC PD(1)PD(2)PDU Pectinate muscle Pectoralis major Pectoralis minor Pelvis PERFORM Perfusion Pericardial cavity Pericardial sinus (es)Pericardiophrenic vessels Pericardium Peritoneal cavity Permeability PET PFO PFOV PG Phase encoding Phased array coil Phases Phlebography Phrenic nerve Pituitary Plane Pleura Pleural space PJN Plaque Plasma proteins Platelet Pleural PM PML PNS Polypoid Porus acusticus Posterior descending artery Posterior fossa PPS Premedication PRESS Probe PROBE-P PROBE-S PROC Projection Proliferation Prone PROPELLER PROSE PROSP Protrusion PSCD PSD PT PT(C)A Pulmonary Pulmonary artery Pulmonary trunk Pulmonary valve Pulmonary veins Pulmonary veins PURE PV QA QF Quantitative flow R R1(1)R1(2)R2 R2(2)RA RA right atrium RAA RAA right atrial appendage Radio-pharmaceutical Radioactivity Radiographic Radiologist Radionuclide Radiopharmaceutical Radiotherapy RAS RB rBW RC Real-time Rectum Referring doctor Region of interest Regurgitation Renal Renal pelvis Repolarisation Resolution REV RFA RFMT Rheumatoid arthritis Right atrial appendage Right atrium Right coronary artery Right pulmonary artery Right ventricle Right ventricular outflow tract RIPV RIS R/L R-R ROI Rouleaux RPA RR RSP RSPV RT(1)RT(2)RTr RV RV right ventricle RVOT Rx RXD SA SAGE Sagittal SAR Sarcoidosis SAT Scan Scan time Scapula Sciatic SCIC Scintigram SCND SCP SCU SE Sectional S/I Semilunar valve Sensitivity Septal band Septum primum Septum secundum SER Serrantus anterior SHARK Short axis Sibson's fascia Sinotubular junction Sinus Sinus venarum Sinus venosus Sinuses of Valsalva Slice gap Slice thickness SNR Sonography Spasm Spatial resolution SPECIAL Spin echo SPIR Specificity SPECT SPF SPGR Spinal canal Spinal cord Spinal imaging Spine Spiral CT SPR SPS SPT SQ SqP SR SSAVE SSFP SSFSE SSRF Steady state free precession STEAM Stenosis Stenting Sternal angle Sternhyoid muscle Sterno-pericardial ligaments Sternoclavicular joint Sternocleidomastoid muscles Sternothyroid muscle Sternum (breast bone)STIR Stress fracture Stroke Subacute Subarachnoid space Subclavian artery Subclavian vein Sulcus terminalis Superior epigastric artery Superior vena cava Supine Supraventricular crest SVC SVQ SWIFT Synovial systole T1 T2 T2P Taenia sagittalis TC TD TE TEA 99mTc Temporal Tendon Tendon of Todaro Terminal crest TFE TG Thebesian valve Thoracic Thoracic cage Thoracic cavity Thoracic inlet Thorax, imaging Thrombin Thrombus Thymus Thyroid Thyrotoxicosis TI TIA TIP Tissue characterisation TOF TP TPS T/R TR Trabeculae carnae TrF Transabdominal Transverse Transverse pericardial sinus Transverse sinus Transverse thoracic muscle Trauma TRICKS Tricuspid annulus Tricuspid valve trig Trigger delay Tubular Tumour Turbo factor Turbo field echo Turbo spin echo TV TV tricuspid valve TVA TVA Two-chamber UDO Ulceration Ultrasound Ultrasound contrast Upper G.I. tract Ureter Urethra Urinary system imaging Urinary tract Urography Urologist Vagus nerve Vascular Vascular imaging VAST VCG Vein VENC Venography Ventricle Ventricular septum Vertical long axis VERSE Vertebrae Vertebral column VIBRANT VLA vertical long axis (see Two chamber)VOI Voxel VPS VR VSS WB Wedging White matter X-ray X-ray contrast XETA Xiphoid process XL XV Z1024 Z2 Z4 Z512 ZIP