Department of Radiology. Interventional. Interventional Radiology is a specialty whereby minimally invasive procedures are performed with the use of image guidance (CT scans, ultrasounds, and x-rays).
T RUNCATION & W ILDCARD O PERATORS revised 1/08gs Truncation Use the truncation symbols to create searches where you want to retrieve all variants of a word stem. The most commonly used truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).For example, a search for educat* will retrieve: educate, educating, education, educational, educator, educators, etc. Wildcards A wildcard symbol is used within a word to provide for all possible spellings or variations inside a word or word stem. RUNCATION & W ILDCARD O PERATORS revised 1/08gs Truncation Use the truncation symbols to create searches where you want to retrieve all variants of a word stem. The most commonly used truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).
Truncating a Number. A method of approximating a decimal number by dropping all decimal places past a certain point without rounding. For example, 3.14159265... can be truncated to 3.1415. Note: If 3.14159265...were rounded to the same decimal place, the approximation would be 3.1416.