X-ray
AllianceHealth Durant and Madill both offer x-ray services. X-rays use invisible, electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of a patient's internal tissues, bones and organs on film or digital media. These standard radiation imaging procedures are performed for many medical reasons, including tumors or bone injuries within the body. X-ray technology is used in many types of diagnostic imaging procedures, such as arteriograms, computed tomography (CT) scans and fluoroscopy.
During an X-ray procedure, different parts of the body allow varying amounts of radiation to pass through:
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Soft tissues in the body (such as blood, skin, fat and muscle) allows most of the radiation to pass through and appear dark gray on the imaging medium.
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A bone or a tumor, which is denser than soft tissue, allows only a few of the X-rays to pass through and appears white on the X-ray. At a break or fracture in a patient's bone, the X-ray beam passes through the broken area and the result within the image is a dark line in the white.