Sunday, November 16, 2008

Acronyms

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MRI magnetic resonance imaging
a. possible to make pictures of almost all the tissue in the body
b. possible to take pictures from almost every angle

PET position emission tomography
type of nuclear medicine imagery

CT computerised tomography
shows pictures only horizontally

HMMWV (humvee) High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (debuted in 1985)

TARP Troubled Asset Relief Program
program proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in fall 2008
(way for government to take bad mortgages off the loans of the nation's financial institutions)
(U.S government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions)

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