all things fluoro! :) Flashcards
Automatic brightness control means
-Old fluoro
the feature that will maintain the brightness on the monitor that your looking on study on. The doctor doesn’t want to see the pictures bright then dim.
-by adjusting the kv and mA
Automatic exposure rate control
New fluoro: flat plannel detector
maintain the brightness on the monitor by adjusting the kvp, mas, filtration and pulse width
hyper sthenic pt
-5%
-very stocky
-dome of the diaphragm is high!
-Gallbladder= high and transverse and to the right
-Stomach= high and more transverse, duodenal bulb level of T 11-T12
large intestine= extends to periphery, transverse colon and left colic flexors located high in abdomen
Sthenic pt
-50%
- average slightly heavy set
- everything is more midline
hyposethenic and asthenic pt
hyposthenic = 35%
Asthenic= 10%
gallbladder= near midline more lower
stomach= long and low
large intestine= located low in the
abdomen
pleural effusion
causes blunting
emphysema causes
flattening
3 parts of the stomach
-fundus
-body
-pyloric
esophagus barium swallow RAO
RAO
-patient will be drinking barium from a cup with a straw during exposure
-oblique = 35-40 degrees
-CR = T5/T6
-esophagus should be between the vertebrae and the heart
under rotated = esophagus over spine
swallowing dysfunction study
modified barium swallow
-speech pathologist involved
-use fluoroscopy
-looking for aspiration most of the time
-mostly stroke patients
Fundus sits more
posterior
closer to the spine
body and pyloric regions are more
anterior to the fundus
retrogastic space
space behind the stomach
single ugi
contrast only
double contrast
contrast and CO2 Efferescenf granules ( fizzys)
3 parts of the small intestine
- duodenum
-c shape
-shortest section
-contains the major papilla and minor duodenal papilla - jejunum
-2nd segment
-contains mucosal folds
- feathery appearance - ileum
-longest segment
-connects to the large intestine via the ileocecal valve
small bowel series
timed sequence study
evaluate the form and function of the small intestine.
-Can be combined with the UGI or performed as SBFT only.
-Timing begins when the patient starts. Ingesting the contrast.
-Prone abdomen imaging is performed to compress the bowel.
- Once the contrast reaches the terminal ileum. The patient is brought into a fluoroscopy room for TI imaging.
-Spot imaging is done to visualize the ileocecal valve terminal ileum and cecum
large intestine anatomy
- ascending colon
- right hepatic flexure
- transverse colon
- left splenic flexure
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
- rectum
contrast enema
- single or double contrast
- Single shows anatomy and muscle contractions.
-Double uses gas, also shows defects in mucosal lining and intraluminal lesions.
-focus is on the anatomy with air side up
What is the max enema bag height above table?
24 inches