Topic: mammography
Definition:

  • a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays

    Related tag cloud:

  • radiology
  • ultrasound
  • x-ray
  • mri
  • ct
  • breast cancer
  • nuclear medicine
  • medical
  • mammogram
  • cat scan
  • fluoroscopy
  • medical imaging
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • cancer
  • bone densitometry
  • breast
  • menopause
  • ct scan
  • incontinence
  • contraception
  • computed tomography
  • Resources:

    Food and Drug Administration
    The Consumer Protection Agency of the U.S. Government which monitors medical devices, foods, drugs, biologics, veterinary medicine, and toxicological research.
    http://www.fda.gov

    National Library of Medicine
    The world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, physics, botany and zoology.
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/