What is a ( Fluoroscope, Endoscopy, Cystoscopy) ?
What is a fluoroscope? This is a kind of x-ray in which a special machine ( the fluoroscope ) takes a continuous x-ray so that the doctor can see the movement of internal organs. A fluorescent screen, coated with a special substance, is mounted in front of an x-ray tube. The x-ray shadow is cast on the screen. The fluoroscopic image can be amplified and displayed on a television screen. Fluoroscopy can show the expansion of the lung or a barium liquid passing through a patient's esophagus to his stomach. Fluoroscopic techniques sometimes provide important information which cannot be obtained in any other way. How much radiation exposure will I get from a fluoroscope? Fluoroscopes take longer to perform and often expose you to more radiation than do the conventional x-ray exams recorded on film. There are new machines which give better images with less exposure, particularly those which amplify the light from the fluoroscopic screen and then provide a brighter image on a TV...