Fi Flashcards
Mediastinal window
Soft tissue
Parenchyma window
Fine reticular pattern
Fat suppressed
FS PD FSE
Leg pain, confined to dermatome, + neural stretch tests, weakness to muscle testing, decrease in the reflex of assoc. dermatome
Synovial cyst
Leg pain, confined to dermatome, - neural stretch tests, weakness to muscle testing, decrease in the reflex of assoc. dermatome
Lateral recess stenosis
What modic type shows endplate sclerosis
Type III
Asking what imaging would you use for peel back lesion (SLAP lesion)?
MRI
Associated with pain
Modic type I
Disc pain
In a patient with signs of a lumbar disc herniation, which one of the following indicates the herniation is recent
Annular tear
When evaluating a universal compression on MRI, all of the following are signs of a malignant cause
- multifocal involvement
- posterior body convexity
- pedicle involvement
SLAP lesions are best identified on trans axial slices __________
Coronal oblique at 1-11 o’clock
Type 1 meniscus
Go ahead and run if you can handle the pain
Type II MENISCUS
Don’t run for the next 6 weeks because of predisposition to a tear
Type III MENISCAL tear
Don’t run the race, see an ortho surgeon to correct tear
All of the following are signs of ACL tear
- no attachment to the lateral wall of the intercondylar notch on Coronal views, its on the medial aspect of the LAT fem condyle
- failure to see the ACL on sagittal views
- bone bruise of the anterior lateral femur and post LAT tibia, valgus knee
You order an MRI on the knee of a high school basketball player. The conclusion of the report is jumpers knee. This dx refers to what
Patellar tendon
Which one is the following studies is obtained by having an x-ray to rotate continuously around the patient or the patient’s slides through the beam like a car through a car wash
Helical spherical ct
Which one of the following best describes a study in which two (dual) Different energy x-rays are pass-through specific body parts and the difference in absorption of radiation is measured
DEXA
dual energy X-ray absorptiotomy
SPECT
Single photon emission CT
GAMMA RAYS
Thin section CT
Lungs
Quantitative CT
Measure bone density
Very expensive
Which one of the following would best differentiate active from in active pars defect
SPECT or MRI
Which one of the following represents the hounsfield units seen in water
Zero HU
Which one of the following represents the hounsfield units seen in calcium
+1000 hu
Which one of the following represents the hounsfield units seen in air
-1000 hu
Which one of the following most commonly uses Tc-99
Bone scan- scintograph, nuclear medicine
Which one of the following best describes the term hypo echoic when using diagnostic ultrasound
Dark gray low reflection?
Which one of the following best describes the term hyper echoic when using diagnostic ultrasound
White, high reflection
Which one of the following best describes the term shadowing when using diagnostic ultrasound
Dark streaks past an object
Which one of the following best describes the term anisotropy when using diagnostic ultrasound
White tendons
With regard to bone mineral density when evaluating T and Z scores, which one of the following represents osteoporosis / change to healthy bone
-2.6 and below
With regard to bone mineral density when evaluating T and Z scores, which one of the following represents osteopenia
-1 and below
-1 to -2.5