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The Office qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la langue fran\u00e7aise (OQLF) has published a very useful tool to help you better understand medical imaging vocabulary. This resource brings together more than 160 terms with simple definitions, examples, and sometimes illustrations. It helps patients grasp the meaning of words used during exams, such as MRI, arthrography, scintigraphy, or ultrasound.
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In this article, explore a tool created by the OQLF that helps patients better understand medical imaging vocabulary, with more than 160 terms explained simply and illustrated with examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDiscover an OQLF tool to better understand medical imaging vocabulary - Radimed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the OQLF tool that explains more than 160 terms related to medical imaging. 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