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INTRO-CT, XR, MRI Flashcards

1
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What has replaced hard copy images, allow for instanct access?

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PACs- picture archiving and communication system

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When analyzing xray what is first step?

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  1. Verify name, date
  2. Study- body part, correct side. Pt R is my L.
    OLD films first on L to New- read L to R

Good for- bones, lungs, FB, Air filled organs
AVOID- detail, solid organs, Brain, vasculature

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What components are needed to be able to identify structures on Xray?

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  1. Radiolucent- dark or Radiopaque
    a. air- dark, less dense, radiolucent
    b. fat- dark grey
    c. soft tissue, blood, liver- light grey
    d. bone- cream
    e. metal- white, more dense, radiopaque
  2. Density- inc opaqueness
  3. Thickness- inc opaqueness
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Before an Xray is taken what factors must be considered by the tech?

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HCP should know position
1. NO movement

  1. Magnification-
    a. objects bigger if beam close and IF Pt far from cassette surface
  2. Distortion-
    a. lordotic- object distorted if not perpendicular. Pt in bed, angled. heart base BIG
    b. High clavicle means Lordotic**
  3. NEVER judge cardiomegally from CXR unless it a PA
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Describe the planes that can be taken in XR.

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  1. Frontal/Coronal- PA, ventral to dorsal
  2. PA- beam posterior to Pt, Pt close to cassette ***
  3. Obligue
  4. Cephal-caudal- bird eye, AXIAL
  5. Sagital- L and R
  6. Transverse
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What is the ideal systematic approach to read XR?

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1. Name, date, study
2a- OBvious ABNormality
2b. Adequate- RIPMA
3. Top to bottom, then Pt R-L
4. Bone, soft tissue, empty spaces
5. Free stuff, FB
6. DONT STOP at big abnormality or when you find what looking for.
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How do you locate a foreign body with in the chest?

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ALWAYS have a orthogonal view

PA and Lateral

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What is computed tomography?

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Contrast or w/o
Series of Xray in spiral form
Slice in 3planes- Frontal/coronal, Sagital, Axial
PT R is my L

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What are contraindications for contrast?

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Barium MC- white iNC density, INC attenuation
NO contrast for KIDNEY stone**, which is white. will miss if contrast used.
AVOID- CR >1.5
3 Cs- CT, contrast, Cr
Allergy
Metformin - d/c 24h b4 test

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What subtract stuff not need in CT?

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3-D orientation

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Pt is c/c of CP with rest, PMH of a pacemaker and Stainless steel THR?

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AVOID MRI for the following
no metal. 
Stainless steel and titanium ok
Claustrophobic
Long
Loud
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What are HCP allowed to interpret w/o a radiologist?

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CXR

cheap, fast, portable, FB

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What are MC use for XRay and CXR?

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CXR-Resp sx, CP, PNA
Upper GI- obstruction
Trauma
Face and spine
Air fluid level
Extremities FX

CONS- radiation, very low, poor detail, less precise, poor solid organs, brain, vessels

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What is ideal use for CT?

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Brain, head- seizure, CVA, injury
Chest- tumors, effusion, infx, PE
ABD- inf obstruction, cancer
Extremities

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What provides great detail, 3D, reformat. BUT radiation and concern w/ renal fx, cost not portable?

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CT
NOT good for subtle CVA
Cerebellum or Vertebrobasilar

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What do terms mean for CTs?
HIGH/HYPERAttenuation
LOW/HYPOAttenuation

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HIGH/HYPERAttenuation WHITE-dense
LOW/HYPOAttenuation BLACK
Calculated hounsield unit

17
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This imaging is good for Lig, tendons, spinal cord, brainstem, Intracranial, MS, encephalitis, FX, osteomylitis, Tumor, necrorsis, Stones?

18
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Which film should be ordered first for CVA?

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CT w/o contrast

19
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Which film should be ordered for meningitis?

20
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What do low and high signal in T1 and T2 mean in MRI?

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T1- fluid BLACK LOW signal, fat WHITE HIGH signal

T2- fluid WHITE HIGH signal, fat black LOW signal

Contrast still white

21
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What uses high frequency sound waves?

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US
FAST trauma
Cardia, Lung, ABd-OB
Aorta
Biliary
DVT**
Kidney bladder-stones
IV, Cath, Line, intub.
Absess, FB
22
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What are major disadvantage of US?

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Operator dependent

PRos- avail, portable, safe, color doppler, Cheap

23
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What are terms for US?

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Echo
echogenic- bright, structure
Acoustic shadow- from structure like Ca stones
Anechoic-dark
Hyperecho- white
Hypoehco- grey
24
Q

What is used to diagnosis stage cancers?

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Nuclear scans- picks up tracer
PET
Bone Scan
Thyroid scintography
V/Q PE- rare
HIDA gallblader
Cardiac perfusion

High Low uptake-

25
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What is contreversial about mammography?

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Radiation
Low dose xray, US, MRI
Screen and diagnositc.

26
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What is used to monitor path of needles, fluid thru tubes: GI swallowing, Angiograms, cystourethrogram, biopsis, FB?

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Fluroscopy
Angiography**
Depends on modality and contrast

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