follow-up scan
Later diagnostic image
A follow-up scan is a medical imaging procedure performed after an initial scan to monitor changes, track disease progression, or assess treatment effectiveness: The doctor ordered a follow-up scan in three months to check the tumor.
The term applies to any imaging technology—CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound—when repeated for comparison with earlier results.
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
- imagingProducing visual representations
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- radiologyImaging-based diagnostic medicine
radiology department · oncologist · treatment plan · results · waiting · waiting room · appointment · biopsy · tumor · remission · all clear · clean bill · anxiety · hospital · gown · contrast · screening · monitoring
- medical imagingMRI, X-ray, mammogram, ultrasound, computed tomography
- Bone Testsbone density, bone density test, densitometer, lumbar spine, bone loss
- neuroimagingbrain MRI, functional MRI, fMRI, voxel, voxels
- Prenatal Ultrasoundfetal ultrasound, sonogram, 3D ultrasound, 4D ultrasound, doppler ultrasound