All the ones it never shows me

Question 1

How does Osteoarthritis appear on X-ray?

Answer 1

Narrowing of joint space, calcifications

Question 2

How does Rheumatoid arthritis appear on X-ray?

Answer 2

Bones look irregularly shaped or shaded

Question 3

How does Paget’s disease appear on X-ray?

Answer 3

Bone breakdown, bowing of long bones

Question 4

How does a Pneumothorax appear on
X-ray?

Answer 4

Dark area around the lung

Question 5

How does a Pleural Effusion appear on X-ray?

Answer 5

A white mass at the base of the lung (obscures costophrenic angle)
Air space is black

Question 6

How does Osteosarcoma appear on X-ray?

Answer 6

New bone formation, layering of bone

Question 7

How does Multiple Myeloma appear on X-ray?

Answer 7

Many lesions on skull, spine, pelvis

Question 8

How does Osteoporosis appear on X-ray?

Answer 8

Decrease cortical thickness, loss of bony trabeculae

Question 9

Describe the positioning of a PA Chest

Answer 9

Room Set Up = Vertical bucky, grid needed, patient standing
Positioning = Facing IR, ~5cm above shoulders, patient straight, scapulae removed, shoulders down, taken on arrested inspiration
Centring Point = T7/8
SID = 180cm
Collimation = Apices, diaphragm, lateral chest walls
Exposure Factors = 90kV, 5mAs

Question 10

Describe the positioning of an AP abdomen

Answer 10

Room Set Up = Grid needed, table, check pregnancy, patient supine
Positioning = arms removed, no rotation, patient straight, spinous processes in midline.
Centring Point = midline of iliac crest
SID = 100cm
Collimation = Pubic symphysis, as much of superior abdomen possible, soft tissue
Exposure = 75kVp