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SUMMARY OF
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter
Sections
1. Musculoskeletal Tests
1.0 - 1.27
2. Special Senses and Speech
2.1 - 2.34
3. Respiratory System Tests
3.1 - 3.28
4. Cardiovascular Tests
4.1 - 4.58
5. Digestive System and Abdominal Tests 5.1 - 5.49
6. Genito-Urinary Tests
6.1 - 6.26
7. Hemic and Lymphatic Tests
7.1 - 7.37
8. Skin Tests
8.1 - 8.16
9. Endocrine and Obesity Tests
9.0 - 9.50
10. Obstetrics and Gynecology Tests
10.1 - 10.15
11. Neurological Tests
11.1 - 11.36
12. Immune System, Serology and Related Tests
12.1 - 12.56
13. Cancer and Related Tests 13.1 - 13.22
Appendices
Appendix 1 - Test Normal Values
Appendix 2 - Medical Abbreviations
Appendix 3 - Treadmill Stress Test Protocols
Appendix 4 - SSA’s Listing of Impairments
Index
EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume I
Introduction
Chapter 1 Musculoskeletal Tests
1.0 Apley Grinding
Test
1.1 Arthrocentesis
1.2 Arthrography
1.3 Bone Age
1.4 Bone Biopsy
(Needle)
1.5 Bone
Densitometry
1.6 Bone Scan
1.6.1 Calcaneal Ultrasound
1.7 Cervical Spine
(Plain X-ray)
1.8 Computerized
Tomographic (CT) Scanning of Spine
1.8.1 Cross-Body Adduction Test
1.9 Dejerine’s Sign
1.10 Drawer Sign (Anterior and
Posterior)
1.11 Extremity Ultrasound
1.12 Facial Bones (X-ray)
1.13 Finkelstein Test
1.14 Flêch Sign
1.15 Gaenslen’s Test (Sign)
1.15.1 Kellgren-Lawrence Score
1.15.2 Ludington’s Test
1.16 Lumbosacral Spine (Plain
X-ray)
1.17 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) of Bone
1.18 McMurray’s Test
1.18.1 Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
1.19 Patrick’s Test (Fabere
Test)
1.20 Phalen’s Sign
1.20.1 Piriformis Compression Test
1.21
1.22 Schoeber Sign
1.23 Simmonds’ Test
1.24 Skeletal Survey
1.24.1 Spurling’s Test
1.25 Synovial Membrane Biopsy
1.25.1 Thomas Test
1.26 Tinel’s Sign
1.27 Trendelenburg’s Sign
Chapter 2 Special Senses and Speech
2.1 Acoustic
Immittance Testing
2.2 Békésy
Audiometry
2.3 Caloric Testing
2.4 Color Vision
Testing
2.5
Electrocochleography (ECochG)
2.6
Electronystagmography (ENG)
2.7
Electrooculography (EOG)
2.8
Electroretinography (ERG)
2.9 Endothelial
Photography
2.10 Exophthalmometry
2.11 Falling and Past-Pointing
2.12 Fluorescein Angiography
(Angioscopy)
2.13 Keratometry and Keratoscopy
2.14 Laryngoscopy
2.15 Ocular Ultrasound
2.16 Ophthalmoscopy
2.17 Otoscopy
2.18 Perimetry
2.19 Positional Vertigo Test
2.20 Posturography
2.21 Pupillometry
2.22 Pure Tone Audiometry
2.23 Refraction
2.24 Rinne Tuning Fork Test
2.25 Shirmer’s Test
2.26 Slit Lamp Examination
2.27 Speech Audiometry
2.28 Strabismus Tests
2.29 Swinging Flashlight Test
2.30 Tonography
2.31 Tonometry
2.32 Transcorneal
Transillumination
2.33 Visual Acuity Tests
2.34 Weber Tuning Fork Test
Chapter 3 Respiratory System Tests
3.1 Arterial Blood
Gas Study (ABGS), Exercise
3.2 Arterial Blood
Gas Study (ABGS), Resting
3.2.1 BODE Index
3.3 Bronchial
Challenge Test
3.4 Bronchography
3.5 Bronchoscopy
3.6 Carbon Dioxide
Challenge Test
3.7 Carbon Monoxide
Diffusing Capacity (DLCO)
3.8 Cardiopulmonary
Sleep Study
3.9 Chest X-ray
(CXR)
3.10 Computerized Tomographic
(CT) Scanning of the Chest
3.10.1 Exhaled Nitric Oxide
3.11 Fluoroscopy
3.12 Functional Residual
Capacity (FRC)
3.13 Lung Subdivisions
3.14 Mediastinoscopy
3.15 Mycobacterial (TB) Tests,
Body Fluids
3.16 Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF)
3.17 Percutaneous Pleural Biopsy
3.18 Percutaneous Transthoracic
Needle Aspiration
3.19 Pulmonary Angiography
3.20 Pulmonary Ultrasonography
3.21 Pulse Oximetry
3.22 Spirometry
3.23 Sputum Collection
3.23.1 TREM-1
3.24 Thoracentesis
3.25 Thoracic Gas Volume (TGV)
3.26 Thoracoscopy
3.27 Thoracotomy
3.28 Ventilation-Perfusion (V-P)
Lung Scans
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular Tests
4.1 Abdominal
Diameter Index (ADI)
4.1.1 Adenosine Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (Adenosine MRI)
4.2 Adenosine Stress
Radionuclide Imaging
4.2.1 Adrenomedullin (ADM)
4.2.2 Albumin Cobalt Binding (ACB)
Test
4.3 Allen Test
4.3.1 Ambulatory Blood Pressure (ABP)
4.3.2 Allomap® Heart Transplant
Rejection Test
4.4 Aortic
Ultrasound
4.5 Aortofemoral
Contrast Angiography
4.5.1 Amyloid Alpha
4.6 Apex
Cardiography (ACG, APC)
4.7 Arm Ergometry
Stress Testing
4.7.1 Asymmetric Dimethylarginine
(ADMA)
4.8 Baroreflex
Sensitivity (BRS)
4.9 Bicycle
Ergometry/Supine Ergometry
4.10 Blood Lipids
4.11 Blood Pressure Measurement
(Arm Cuff Method)
4.11.1 C3/C4 Complement Ratio
4.12 Cardiac Blood Pool Scan
4.13 Cardiac Catheterization
4.14 Cardiac Enzymes
4.15 Cardiac Positron Emission
Tomography (Cardiac PET)
4.15.1 Cholesterol Skin Test
4.15.2 Complete Blood Count Risk Score
4.16 Cold Pressor Test, Cardiac
Stress
4.17 Cold Stimulation Test for
Raynaud’s Syndrome
4.17.1 Coronary Flow Reserve (by Doppler)
4.18 Dipyridamole Stress
Echocardiography
4.19 Dipyridamole Stress
Radionuclide Imaging
4.20 Dobutamine Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (Dobutamine MRI)
4.21 Dobutamine Stress
Echocardiography (DSE)
4.22 Dobutamine Stress
Radionuclide Imaging
4.22.1 Duke Treadmill Score (DTS)
4.23 Echocardiography
4.24 Electrocardiography (EKG,
ECG), Resting
4.25 Electron Beam Computed
Tomography (EBCT)
4.26 Electrophysiologic Studies
(EPS)
4.27 Emotional Stress Testing
4.28 Endomyocardial Biopsy
4.29 Exercise Echocardiography
4.30 Head-Up Tilt-Table Testing
(HUTTT)
4.30.1 Heart Transplant Breath Test
4.31 Holter Monitoring
4.31.1 Homocysteine
4.32 Impedance Plethysmography
4.32.1 Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF)
4.32.2 Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2
4.33 Magnetic Resonance Cardiac
Scan
4.34 Magnetic Resonance Coronary
Angiography
4.34.1 Magnetic Resonance Treadmill Stress Testing
(Treadmill MRI)
4.35 Magnetic Resonance Vascular
Scan
4.35.1 Metabonomic Screening for Coronary Artery
Disease
4.35.1.1 Matrix Metalloproteinase-9
4.35.2 Myeloperoxidase (MPO)
4.36 Myocardial Contrast
Echocardiography (MCE)
4.37 Myocardial Infarction Scan,
Technetium
4.38 Myocardial Perfusion Stress
Imaging
4.38.1 Neopterin Levels
4.38.2 Osteopontin
4.38.3 Osteoprotegerin (OPG)
4.39 Pacemaker Check
4.40 Pericardiocentesis
4.41 Peripheral Vascular
Arterial Dopplers
4.42 Peripheral Vascular B-Mode
Ultrasound
4.43 Peripheral Vascular Duplex
Ultrasound
4.44 Peripheral Vascular Venous
Dopplers
4.45 Perthes’ Test
4.46 Phonocardiography (PCG) and
Pulse Tracings
4.46.1 Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A
(PAPP-A)
4.47 Radionuclide Angiography
(RNA)
4.47.1 Reactive Hyperemia-Peripheral Arterial
Tonometry (RH-PAT)
4.48 Seismocardiography (SCG),
Exercise
4.48.1 Spiral Computerized Tomographic (CT)
Scanning (Heart & Aorta)
4.49 ST Segment Depression/Heart
Rate (ST/HR) Hysteresis
4.50 Systolic Time Intervals
(STI)
4.51 Treadmill Stress Testing
(TST, TMST)
4.52 Trendelenburg’s Test
4.53 Vectorcardiography (VCG)
4.54 Venography (Phlebography),
Contrast
4.54.1 Venography (Phlebography), Computed
Tomographic (CTV)
4.55 Venography (Phlebography),
125I Fibrinogen Scanning
4.56 Venography (Phlebography),
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
4.57 Venography (Phlebography),
Radionuclide Imaging
4.58 Waist/Hip Ratio (WHR)
4.59 YKL-40 Inflammatory
Marker
Chapter 5 Digestive System and Abdominal Tests
5.1 Abdominal
Ultrasound (Sonogram)
5.2 Anorectal
Manometry (ARM)
5.3 Anoscopy
5.4 Barium Enema
5.5 Bernstein Test
5.6 Biliary Scan
5.7 Breath Hydrogen
Analysis
5.8 Colonoscopy
5.9 Computerized
Tomographic (CT) Scanning of Abdomen
5.10 D-Xylose Absorption Test
5.11 Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
5.12 Enteroclysis
5.13 Esophageal Manometry
5.14 Esophagography
5.15 Esophagus Acid Reflux Test,
Prolonged Recording
5.16 Fecal Fat (Lipids)
5.17 Gastric Acid Stimulation
Test
5.18 Gastric Emptying Scan
5.19 Gastric Saline Load Test
5.20 Gastroesophageal Reflux
Scan
5.21 Gastrointestinal Bleed
Localization Study
5.21.1 Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Ultrasonography
(GEUS)
5.22 Gastrointestinal Series
5.23 Hollander Test
5.24 IV Secretin Gastrin Levels
5.25 Liver Biopsy
5.26 Liver and Spleen Scan
5.27 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) of Abdomen
5.28 Meckel’s Diverticulum Scan
5.29 Obturator Sign
5.30 Occult Blood Test, Stool
5.31 Oral Cholecystography
5.32 Paracentesis
5.33 Percutaneous
Splenoportography
5.34 Percutaneous Transhepatic
Portal Venography
5.35 Percutaneous Transhepatic
Cholangiography (PTC)
5.36 Peritoneal Lavage
5.37 Plain X-ray of Abdomen
5.38 Psoas Sign
5.39 Rovsing’s Sign
5.40 Salivary Gland Scan
5.41 Schilling Test
5.42 Sialography
5.43 Sigmoidoscopy
5.44 Small Bowel Biopsy (SBB)
5.45 Standard Acid Reflux Test
(SART)
5.46 Upper Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy
5.47 Urea Breath Test (UBT)
5.48 Urinary Trypsinogen-2
5.49 Ultrasound Elastography of
Liver
Chapter 6 Genito-Urinary Tests
6.1 Acid Load Test
6.2 Bladder
Ultrasound
6.3 Contrast
Cystourethrography
6.4 Creatinine
Clearance
6.5 Cystometry
6.6
Cystourethroscopy
6.7 Kidney Biopsy
6.7.1 Microalbuminuria
6.8 Nocturnal Penile
Tumescence (NPT) Test
6.9 Papaverine Test
6.10 Penile Blood Flow
6.11 Percutaneous Antegrade
Nephrostomography
6.12 Radionuclide
Cystourethrography
6.13 Renal Arteriography
6.14 Renal Computed Tomography
6.15 Renal Scan
6.16 Renal Ultrasound
6.17 Renal Venography
6.18 Semen Analysis
6.19 Testicular Ultrasound
6.20 Urethral Sphincter
Electromyography
6.21 Urinalysis (UA)
6.22 Urine Concentration and
Dilution Tests
6.23 Urine Culture
6.24 Uroflowmetry
6.25 Urography
6.26 Whitaker Test
Chapter 7 Hemic and Lymphatic Tests
7.1 Activated
Coagulation Time (ACT)
7.2 Antithrombin III
Assay
7.3 Apt Test
7.4 Aspirin
Tolerance Test
7.5 Bleeding Time
7.6 Blood Viscosity
7.7 Blood Volume
7.8 Bone Marrow
Aspiration and Biopsy
7.9 Bone Marrow Scan
7.10 Buffy Coat Smear
7.11 Capillary Fragility Test
7.12 Chromium51 Red
Cell Survival Test
7.13 Coagulation Factor Assay
7.14 Complete Blood Count (CBC)
7.15 Diluted Whole Blood Clot
Lysis Time
7.16 Erythrocyte Sedimentation
Rate (ESR)
7.17 Fibrin Breakdown Products
(FBP)
7.18 Ham Test
7.19 Hematocrit (Hct)
7.20 Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
7.21 Lymphangiography
7.22 Lymphoscintigraphy
7.23 Osmotic Fragility
7.24 Partial Thromboplastin Time
(PTT)
7.25 Plasma Hemoglobin
7.26 Platelet Adhesion Test
7.27 Platelet Aggregation Test
7.28 Platelet Count
7.29 Prothrombin Time (PT)
7.30 Red Cell Indices
7.31 Reticulocyte Count
7.32 Serum/Plasma Viscosity
7.33 Sickle Cell Test
7.34 Sugar Water Test
7.35 Thrombin Time (TT)
7.36 Total Hemoglobin (Hb, Hgb)
7.37 White Cell Count
Volume II
Chapter 8 Skin Tests
8.1 Acetowhitening
8.2 Auspitz’s Sign
8.2.1 Confocal Laser
Microscopy (CLSM)
8.3 Darier’s Sign
8.4 Dark-Field
Examination
8.5 Diascopy
8.6 Fungal Skin Test
8.7 Intradermal
Allergy Test
8.8 KOH Preparation
8.9 Nailfold
Capillaroscopy
8.10 Patch Testing
8.11 Percutaneous Allergy Test
8.12 Skin Biopsy
Immunofluorescence
8.13 Sweat Chloride Test
8.14 Tuberculosis Skin Test
8.15 Tzanck Smear
8.16 Wood’s Light Examination
Chapter 9 Endocrine and Obesity Tests
9.0 Adiponectin
9.1 Aldosterone
9.2 Androstenedione
9.3 Atrial
Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)
9.4 Body Mass Index
(BMI)
9.4.1 B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
9.5 Calcitonin (CT)
9.6 Catecholamines
9.7
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test
9.8 Cortisol
9.9 Cosyntropin Test
9.10 C-Peptide
9.11 Dehydroepiandrosterone
Sulfate (DHEAS)
9.12 Dexamethasone Suppression
Test (DST)
9.12.1 Endothelin-1 (ET-1)
9.13 Erythropoietin (EPO)
9.14 Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG)
9.14.1 Galectin-3 Thyroid Cancer Test
9.15 Glucagon
9.16 Glucose Tolerance Test
(GTT)
9.17 Glycated Hemoglobin (GHB)
9.18 Gonadotropin-Releasing
Hormone Stimulation Test
9.19 Growth Hormone Stimulation
Tests
9.20 Growth Hormone Suppression
Test
9.21 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids
(17-OHCS)
9.22 17-Hydroxyprogesterone
(17-OHP)
9.23 Insulin
9.24 Insulin Antibodies
9.25 Insulin Tolerance Test
(ITT)
9.26 Islet Cell Antibodies
9.27 17-Ketosteroids (17-KS)
9.28 Metyrapone Test
9.29 Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
9.30 Pregnanetriol
9.31 Prolactin Stimulation Tests
9.32 Random Blood Glucose (RBG)
9.33 Renin
9.33.1 Serotonin
9.34 Somatomedin-C (Sm-C)
9.35 Testosterone
9.36 Thyroglobulin (TG)
9.37 Thyroid Antibodies
9.38 Thyroid Metastatic Survey
9.39 Thyroid Scan
9.40 Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
(TSH)
9.41 Thyroid Ultrasound
9.42 Thyroid Uptake
9.43 Thyrotropin-Releasing
Hormone Test
9.44 Thyroxine (T4)
9.45 Thyroxine Binding Globulin
(TBG)
9.46 Triiodothyronine (T3)
9.47 T3 Uptake
9.48 Two-Hour Postprandial Blood
Glucose
9.49 Water Deprivation Test
9.50 Water Loading Test
Chapter 10 Obstetrics and Gynecology Tests
10.1 Amniocentesis
10.2 Chorionic Villus Sampling
(CVS)
10.3 Clomiphene Stimulation Test
10.4 Colposcopy
10.4.1 Endoglin
10.5 Estrogens
10.6 Fetal Monitoring
10.7 Human Chorionic
Gonadotropin (hCG)
10.8 Human Placental Lactogen
(hPL)
10.9 Hysterosalpingography
10.10 Pelvic Ultrasound
10.11 Pelvimetry
10.12 Peritoneoscopy
10.13 Progesterone
10.14 Transvaginal Ultrasound
10.15 Vaginal Smear
Chapter 11 Neurological Tests
11.1 Auditory Brainstem Response
(ABR)
11.2 Blood Pressure Response to
Standing
11.3 Brain Scan
11.4 Carotid Duplex Ultrasound
11.5 Cerebral Angiography
11.6 Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
11.7 Cold Pressor Test,
Neurological
11.8 Computerized Tomographic
(CT) Scanning of Central Nervous System
11.9 Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs)
11.10 Echoencephalography
11.11 Edrophonium Test
11.12 Electroencephalography (EEG)
11.13 Electromyography (EMG), General
11.14 Electromyography, Single Fiber
(EMG-SF)
11.15 Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring
11.16 Isometric Hand Grip
11.17 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of
Brain
11.18 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of
Spinal Cord and Spine
11.18.1 Magnetic Resonance Neurography
11.19 Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
11.20 Moro Reflex
11.21 Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs)
11.22 Myelography
11.23 Narcolepsy Sleep Study
11.24 Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)
11.25 Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ) Testing
11.26 Oculocephalic Reflex
11.27 Oculoplethysmography (OPG)
11.28 Ophthalmodynamometry
11.29 Parachute Reflex
11.30 Periorbital Doppler
11.31 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of
Brain
11.31.1 P-Tau Protein
11.32 Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs)
11.33 Straight Leg Raising (SLR) Test
11.34 Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
11.35 Valsalva Maneuver
11.36 Visual Evoked Responses (VER)
Chapter 12 Immune System, Serology and
Related Tests
12.1 ABO Blood Typing
12.2 Acetylcholine Receptor
Antibodies (AChR-Ab)
12.3 Adrenal Antibodies
12.4 Allergen Specific IgE
Antibodies
12.5 Anticardiolipin Antibodies
(ACA)
12.6 Antideoxyribonuclease B
(Anti-DNase B) Test
12.7 Antiglobulin Tests
12.8 Antimitochondrial
Antibodies (AMA)
12.9 Antineutrophil Antibodies
12.10 Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
12.11 Antismooth Muscle Antibodies
12.12 Antistreptolysin O Test (ASO Test)
12.13 Antistriated Muscle Antibodies
12.13.1 Binax Now® Malaria Test
12.14 Cold Agglutinins
12.15 Complement Components
12.16 C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
12.17 Crossmatching
12.18 Cryoglobulins
12.19 Cysticercosis Antibodies
12.20 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Antibodies
12.20.1 ELISPOT T.B. Test
12.21 Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Antibodies
12.22 Fungal Antibodies
12.22.1 Fungal Galactomannan Antigen
12.23 Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Antibodies
12.24 Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Antibodies
12.25 Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Antigens
12.26 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibodies
12.27 Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) Antibodies
12.28 Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Antibodies
12.29 Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Antigen
12.30 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Tests
12.31 Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA)
12.32 Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types
I and II (HTLV-I/II) Antibodies
12.33 Immunoglobulins
12.34 Infectious Mononucleosis Screening
Test
12.35 Influenza A and B Antibodies
12.36 Intrinsic Factor Antibodies
12.37 LE Cell Test
12.38 Lyme Disease Antibodies
12.39 Mumps Antibodies
12.40 Parietal Cell Antibodies
12.41 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
12.41.1 Proteasome Assay
12.41.2 P53 Antibodies
12.41.3 QuantiFERON-T.B. Gold® (QFT-G) Test
12.42 Red Cell Antibody Identification
12.43 Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antibodies
12.44 Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
12.45 Rh Blood Typing
12.46 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)
Antibodies
12.47 Serum Immunoelectrophoresis (Serum
IEF)
12.48 Serum Immunofixation Electrophoresis
(Serum
12.49 Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPE)
12.50 Syphilis Tests
12.51 Urine Immunoelectrophoresis (Urine
IEP)
12.52 Urine Immunofixation Electrophoresis
(Urine
12.53 Urine Protein Electrophoresis (UPE)
12.54 Weil-Felix Agglutinins
12.55 White Blood Cell Scan (WBC Scan)
12.56 Xpert EV Test for Viral Meningitis
Chapter 13 Cancer and Related Tests
13.1 Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)
13.2 Biopsy
13.2.1 Breath Tests for Lung Cancer
13.3 Cancer Antigens
13.3.1 Cancer Gene NQO1
13.4 Carcinoembryonic Antigen
(CEA)
13.5 Digital Rectal Examination
(DRE)
13.5.1 Electropotential Measurements for Breast
Cancer
13.5.2 Early Prostate Cancer Antigen-2 (EPCA-2)
13.5.3 Electromagnetic Anisotropy for Prostate
Cancer
13.6 Estrogen Receptor (ER)
Assay
13.6.1 Hair Analysis for Breast Cancer
13.6.1.1 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing
13.6.2 Fecal DNA
13.6.2.1 Fecal Immunochemistry Test (FIT)
13.6.3 Fluorescence Cystoscopy
13.6.4 Genomic Microarray Test for ER and HER-2
13.6.5 Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISA)
for HER-2
13.7 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
(5-HIAA)
13.7.1 Immunohistochemistry for HER-2
13.8 Leukocyte Alkaline
Phosphatase (LAP)
13.8.1 MR Elastography for Breast Cancer
13.8.2 MR Elastography for Prostate Cancer
13.9 Mammography
13.9.1 Markers for GI vs. Breast Cancer
13.9.2 Multigene Assay for Breast Cancer
13.9.3 Multigene Assay for Non-Small-Cell Lung
Cancer
13.9.4 DNA Methylation Markers for Non-Small-Cell
Lung Cancer
13.10 Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE)
13.10.1 P150 Biologic Marker for Esophageal Squamous Cell
Carcinoma
13.10.2 Oral Rinse Test for Head and Neck Cancer
13.10.3 Ovarian Cancer Markers
13.11 Papanicolaou (PAP) Test
13.11.1 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for Cancer
13.11.2 Photoacoustic Test for Metastasizing Melanoma
13.12 Progesterone Receptor (PR, PgR) Assay
13.12.1 Prostate Capromab Immunoscintigraphy
13.13 Prostate Acid Phosphatase (PAP)
13.13.1 Prostate Cancer PCA3 Assay
13.14 Prostate Color Doppler
13.15 Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging
13.16 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
13.16.1 Rectal Cancer MRI
13.16.2 SPOT-Light Test
13.16.3 TOP2A FISH pharmDx Assay
13.17 Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase
(TdT)
13.17.1 Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-Beta-1 Levels
13.18 Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS)
13.19 PAI-1 and uPA Cancer Markers
13.20 HAAH Cancer Marker
13.21 Tissue of Origin Test
13.22 Ultrasound Elastography for Prostate
Cancer
Appendices
Appendix 1 - Test Normal Values
Appendix 2 - Medical Abbreviations
Appendix 3 - Treadmill Stress Test Protocols
Appendix 4 - SSA’s Listing of Impairments
Index
K9
Updated 04/06/12
