Guide to Diagnostic Tests

Alphabetized List of Tests:
Select a Test Abdominal CT (computed tomography) scan Abdominal Ultrasound Amniocentesis Arterial blood flow studies of the legs (Segmental Doppler Pressures) Anoscopy Back x-rays (or spine x-rays) Barium enema Barium swallow (or upper gastrointestinal or "UGI series") Bone density test for osteoporosis Bone marrow biopsy Bone scan Breast ultrasound Bronchoscopy Cardiac catheterization Carotid ultrasound (carotid doppler) Chest x-ray Chorionic villus sampling Colonoscopy Colposcopy and cervical biopsy Computer tomography (CT) for abdomen Computed tomography (CT) for back problems Cystoscopy Cystourethrogram Echocardiogram Electrocardiogram Electromyography and nerve conduction studies Electrophysiological (EP) testing of the heart Endometrial biopsy Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Enhanced alpha fetoprotein test ("Triple Screen") Excisional biopsy of the breast Exercise stress test Fecal occult blood (FOB) test Fetal ultrasound Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the breast Flexible sigmoidoscopy Fluorescein angiography (for diabetic retinopathy) Holter monitor Hysterosalpingogram Hysteroscopy Intravenous pyelogram Kidney biopsy Laparoscopy Liver biopsy Lower extremity doppler (Venous ultrasound of the legs) Lumbar puncture (or spinal tap) Lymph node biospy Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the spine Mammogram Mediastinoscopy Myelography Oxygen saturation test Pap smear Pelvic ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTCA) Pleural fluid sampling (or thoracentesis) PSA (prostate specific-antigen) test Pulmonary angiography Pulmonary function testing Radionuclide scan of the kidneys Rapid Strep test Scratch test for allergies Segmental Doppler Pressures (Arterial blood flow studies of the legs) Skin biopsy Snellen test for visual acuity Spinal tap (or lumbar puncture) Spine x-rays (or back x-rays) Sputum evaluation (and sputum induction) Stereotactic biopsy of the breast (breast core biopsy) Testing for vaginitis (yeast infections, trichomonas, and gardnerella) Thoracentesis (or pleural fluid sampling) Throat culture Thyroid scan Tonometry Transrectal ultrasound and biopsy of the prostate Triple screen test (or enhanced alpha fetoprotein test) Tuberculosis (TB) skin test Upper endoscopy (or esophagogastroduodenoscopy) Upper gastrointestinal series, or UGI series (or barium swallow) Urinalysis Ventilation-perfusion (or "V-Q" scan) Video-assisted thoracic surgery Wire localization biopsy of the breast