computerised axial tomography - CAT, photomultiplier tube - Part of a gamma camera which give electrical output when near a scintillation, collimated - X-rays travelling in a straight line, impedance matching - This is used to make sure that the maximum amount of waves are transmitted through a boundary, piezoelectric - Material which induces a p.d when under stress, Magnetic resonance imaging - MRI, doppler - The effect caused by moving away or towards a wave source, Positron emission tomography - PET, attenuation coefficient - Ability of a material to reduce the intensity of x-rays, transducer - Name of the apparatus which emits and receives ultrasound, acoustic impedance - Measure of a materials ability to reflect sound waves at its boundary, larmor - The frequency that protons precess at when in a magnetic field,

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