X-ray photography

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X-ray photography - radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram roentgenography diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique - a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis radiography - photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light angiography - roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram arthrography - roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram cholangiography - roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected encephalography - roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram myelography - roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) pyelography - roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)