lumbar pneumoencephalography

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• Lumbar puncture — Intervention A patient undergoes a lumbar puncture at the hands of a neurologist. The reddish brown swirls on the patient s back are tincture of iodine (an antiseptic). ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• pneumoencephalography — Radiographic visualization of cerebral ventricles and subarachnoid spaces by use of gas such as air; no longer used because of CT and MRI. [G. pneuma, air, + enkephalos, brain, + grapho, to write] * * * pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy in .sef ə läg… …   Medical dictionary

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• History of neuroimaging — The history of neuroimaging, began in the early 1900s with a technique called pneumoencephalography. This process involved draining the cerebrospinal fluid from around the brain and replacing it with air, altering the relative density of the… …   Wikipedia