Head and neck radiology Flashcards
what is the fuction of a lateral soft tissue x ray of the neck
to visula stuck objects such as fish bones, this image mortality is not commonly used now as it is suoersed by nasopharynx
what is the puraptes of failc view of xray
to look at maxillofacial area
what is the puprose of orthopantomogram (opt) xray
dental x ray to look at teeth
what is the contrast study to look for pahrygeal pouch
barium swallow
what is a sialogram
to look at the salivary glands
what is a veideofluooscpy
xray of food when swalloing, contrast is added to food aswell
is a barium swallow an x ray or ct
x ray
who attnes for vidoflosopy
speech therapist and radiolgoise
what is the purpose of a blom singer valve
pushes air from trachea into wind pipe helping to make sound louder
how is a partoid sialgomar perfoed
contrast die is inected into parodi gland, this is then looked at though x ray to see how the partoid works
what is sjogrens syndorme
failuser of siliaary glands, resulting in dry eyes and mouth
how can an ultrasound help with noses
can shows whihc nodes are milaig
can be used to help with fine needle biopsy
scan for parathyroid adenomas
ultra sound
what does a sestaminbi scan focus on
over active thryoid
how does a sestamibi scan work
injection of die into thryroid and look at it with gamma camera
benifit of sestamibi scan
can be used to shows which part of thryodi to remve
what is a spect ct scan
combines both spect scna bad ct scan to produce ct of body
what is an area which cannot be used for ct
eyes
what scan should be used for middle ear
ct due to bones and air presnet
what scan should be used for inner ear
mri
how to diagnaose advancemetns of tumors
use ct scan
how to diagntose paraganglimas
ct scan
can sialectatis be seen without cotrast
yes, but not as clear
type of scna for emplar manibar joint dysfuion
mri, as it you mainly looking for disk
scan type for thryoid and pratthyod
pertech - thyroid - mri
sestamibi - parathryoid
what type of sca is used when there is an unknown primary site of a metatis
pet scan