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What is a fluoroscopy scan? Fluoroscopy can be stated as a study of moving body structures, in a way that television displays a “live” broadcast. A continuous beam of xrays is passed through the part of the body that is being examined. The beam is transmitted to a television-like monitor so that the anatomy and …