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Fluoroscopy

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Updated January 27, 2006

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Definition: Fluoroscopy is a medical imaging technique that passes X-rays through a patients body, converts them into light, and catches the light to project a real time video image on a TV monitor. Fluoroscopy is used in minimally invasive surgery, and to examine the body from the inside.


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