Imaging Tests

Types of procedures

Imaging procedures guide a healthcare provider to see inside the body.

Select the type of image-guided procedure you or your child is having to learn more.

Ablation and embolization – procedures to shrink tumours and growths

Angiogram, angioplasty – procedure for veins and arteries

Biopsy – procedures to take a tissue or bone sample

Catheters and ports – procedures using small tubes that allow fluid to pass through

Echocardiogram – procedure that looks at your heart

Electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) - test to see the electrical activity of your heart

Electroencephalogram – test to see the electrical activity of your brain

Filters – procedures that place a filter in a vein

Fluid-draining procedures

Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty – procedure to relieve spinal pain from fractures

Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) – procedure to check fluid around the brain and spinal cord

Myelogram – procedure to get images of bones and spinal canal

Sclerotherapy – procedure for vascular (blood vessels)

Stents – procedures where at tube is inserted to keep a passage open

Current as of: July 6, 2021

Author: Diagnostic Imaging, Alberta Health Services

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