Radio Flashcards
Bamboo spine
AS
Ivory vertebra
Pagets
Highly RadioSENSITIVE
WELMS Wilms Ewing’s Lymphoma Myeloma Seminoma
Least RadioSENSITIVE
HOMP Hepatoma OS Melanoma Pancreatic Ca
Most RadioSENSITIVE 1 stage of cell cycle 2 organ 3 tissue 4 cell type
- G2M
- Ovary testis
- Bone marrow
- Undiff well nourished quickly dividing metabolically active
- Lymphocyte
Least RadioSENSITIVE 1 stage of cell cycle 2 organ 3 tissue 4 cell type
- M
- Vagina > bone > cns
- Nervous tissue
- Quiescent
- Platelets
Radiotherapy by Beta rays
SPY
Strontium
Phosphorus
Yt
RadioRx by Beta and Gamma
Gold
I131
Radium
Radiotherapy by gamma
ALL except 🧟♀️
Brachytherapy is INVASIVE RadioRx
Mc Interstitial
Intracavitary (GYNE)
Mould (skin ocular )
Interstitial brachy
1. Temporary
2 permanent
Temp- Ir. Cs. Sr. Co. Ra. Y
Permanent - Au. Pd. Cs. I
Used in both teleRx and brachyRx
Cs > Co > Ir
Cs - temp and permanent
Systemic radionuclides
I131
Only in well diff nodule
P32
PV
Cancer Rx by tele+brachy
Prostate CA
TeleRx
Image guided RT
Helmet on brain - directed rays to tumor
Proton beams radiation
BRAGG Peak ➕
Most advanced
Use of proton
When tumor surround by RadioSENSITIVE tissue
- Post op CHORDOMA
- SACROCOCYGEAL TERATOMA
Types of RadioRx
Tele
Brachy
Systemic
TeleRx - EBR
With cyclotron
Linear accelerators;
1. With anode
2. Wo anode
Cyclotron
Gamma rays on body
Co60 Cs 127
Cumbersome
Mc used TeleRx EBR
Linear acceleration with Anode
(LINAC)
=Xrays
Used now also
LINAC
With anode - 1. X
Wo anode - 2. Electron rays
Others
3. Proton beam
Cyber knife
X Ray
Gamma knife
Gamma
Photon
Penetrating power
- High
- Low
High - X and Gamma
(photon based treatment)
Low - electron
Use of low penetration e rays
Superficial CA
- Mycosis fungoides
- Intra op Pancreatic CA
- Breast
Photon based Rx
X and gamma show INVERSE SQUARE LAW
I=1/r2
Skin erythema
EBR
Radiation interaction with metals types
Photoelectric effect
Compton effect
Low energy interaction from Innermost shell of atom
Photoelectric
- Release characteristic energy
- Bound e interaction.
- Complete transfer of energy
- DIAGNOSTIC radiation
High energy interaction with outermost or valence shell
Compton effect
- Incomplete energy transfer
- Scatter radiation
Earliest inv confirmation of preg
Beta hcg
Earliest inv confirmation of INTRA UTERINE preg
TVS
GS
41/2 wks
Earliest sono feature of IU Preg
Thickening of endometrial at 21d
Earliest inv for confirming viability of preg
TVS
Beating heart
51/2 wks
1st dating scan
6 wks
No anomaly detected
EDD BEST
8-10 wks shows
Anencephaly
Failure of ossification of frontal bone
Reliable anencephaly
After 14wks
2nd scan
NT
11-13+6 wks
USG anomaly scan
18-20
Growth scan
28-32
IUGR - Doppler
EDD
T1
T2
T3
T1 - CRL
2- BPD
3 - COMBO of multiple parameters + EFW
FL + AC
Most sensitive for IUGR
AC
FL and AC different by ——- wks indicated IUGR
2
S/D ratio
Normal?
IUGR?
<2.5 Normal
Diastolic notch on umb a Doppler
<22wks Normal
>22wks PE ?
No AV on Doppler testis
Torsion
Uterine anomaly
Gold Std
🥇 lap hysteroscopy
2nd MRI
Necklace on ovary
Pcos
Radiolucent kidney stone
Uric acid
Xanthine
INDINAVIR
Orotic aciduria
Cystine stones?
Opaque
Calcified kidney
Putty / cemented
TB
Stippled kidney
Neohrocalcinisis
Xanthogranulomatous pylenonephritits
Proteus
Staghorn MAP stone
Xanthoma cells on clear cell RCC
Radiological diagnosis👩🎤
Emphysematous pyelonephritis
E. coli
DM
Air in kidney
KUB
IVP
- Xray
- CT - only indicated in early TB kidney MOTH EATEN PELVIS
Bladder and urethra
MCU
Urethra only
RGP
Colourful CT
3D CT
Key hole
PUV
Enlarged prostatic urethra
Cristmas tree bladder
LMN bladder
Angiomyolipoma
Tuberous sclerosis
Rice grain calcification
Myocysticercosis
Lytic lesion
Epiphysis
Metaphysis
Epi- GCT
Meta - SBC(fallen leaf). ABC
IOC acute pancreatitis
Biochemistry
S. Lipase and amylase
IOC assess severity of acute pancreatitis
Cect
Irreg dilated beaded ap pancreatic duct
CHAIN OF LAKE
Chronic pancreatitis
IOC - EUS
Atrophy of Pancras wo or w calcification
Chronic pancreatitis
IOC - CT
Colon cut off
Sentinel loop
Renal halo
Gas less abdomen
Chronic pancreatitis
T tube cholangiography
No endoscope or MR
Percutaneous
Cart wheel sign
Hydatid
Nectrotising pancreatitis
CECT
Non invasive
Even lumen distal SI seen
No biopsy tho
Virtual colonoscopy
Acute appy IOC
CT (dia>6mm no contrast or air in lumen. Appenlith enhancing wall mucosal edema)
Peds- UGS (blind non compressible >7mm)
Pencil in cup
Psoristic arthriits
IO suspected 1st iNv
X Ray abd
Air under diaphragm
⬇️
➕ emergency lap
No gas under dia
CT 🥶 100%
Left lat decubitus 90%
Riggler sign
Triangle
Cupola
Football
Perf peritonitis
Oral contrast
BaSO4
- not absorbed in git
- muscoal coating
Only Swallow and follow through done now.
Mc site of ischemic colitis
Splenic flexure
1st inv motility dis
Swallow Ba
Meal- endoscopy!
Due to overlap of loops and incomplete dilation in follow through
- Double balloon 🎈
2. Capsule endo (COSTLY ❌) - occultbleed Dx
See distal SI
- Meal follow through (1-1.5)
- Ba enteroclisis
- CT enteroclisis
4 CT enterography (IOC) - MR enterography (follow up after CT)
Ba enteroclisis
Small vowel enema Inject Ba into DJ junc Fluoroscopy * only lumen * long tube
CT enteroclisis
Do CT instead of fluoroscopy
CT enterography
Drink mannitol instead
Causes distension
Inject iv dye
Cecal volvulus
Colon collapsed
Non progressive dysphasia
To SOLIDS
Peptic structure
energy comes from a source and travels through some material or space
radiation
types of radiation
- ionising
2. non ionising
ionising rads
beta
x
gamma
alpha
non ionising rads
uv ir visible micro radio
order of cosmos rays
- freq dec
- energy dec
- wavelength inc
cosmic -> gamma -> x -> uv -> visible -> ir -> micro -> radio
all EM have same vel
no mass
no charge
3x10^8
x vs gamma rays
gamma - produced INTRA nuclearly
x - produced EXTRA nuclearly/mechanically
particle rays
alpha - +ve He
e- Beta rays
Proton BRAGG peak
Neutron 0 charge
x rays
Radiological scans
radio CT PET Mammo HSG MCU RGU
gamma rays
Nuclear scans
Scinti
RAIU
Bone scan
SPECT
for all Iodinated dyes
x rays used
ercp vs mrcp
ercp - ionising (Iodine)
mrcp - non ionising (water in bile)
2 inv NOT GIVING off radiation
USG
MRI
old ( thermography)
ioc choledochal cyst
MRCP
minimally invasive
cath angio
laparoscopy
arthroscopy
non invasive
CT angio
MR angio
Tc 99 MDP
bone scan
osteoblast binding and gamma camera to detect gamma rays
SCINTIGRAPHY
fluroscopy
c arm
Ba swallow
angio for PCI
fistulography
x rays
thallium for
gamma rays
non ionising for liver cirrhosis
elastography USG
chest xray cxr TB primary
latent infection ghons complex - LN pathy + (mediastinal enlargement) -subpleural focus -ve -lymphatics -ve
post primary TB CXR
reactivation
- cavitation
- fibrosis (septal thickening)
- apical predominance
hematogenous spread
milliary nodules
- primary
- post primary
tree in bud
endobonchial tb
pulmonary edema
inc in PCWP (pul venous HTN)
- normal 8-12 mm Hg
- LL>UL
PCWP 12-20 mmHg
loss of gravity ANTLER sign reverse MUSTACHE sign cephalisation of vessels EARLIST SIGN OF PUL EDEMA
PCWP 20 -25 mmHg
interstitial edema
thin PARALLEL LINES at base of lung
Kerley B lines(perp to pleura)
VENOUS HTN (NOT ARTERIAL!!!)
PCWP > 25
alveolar edema
PERIHILAR OPACIFICATION
“Bat Wing”
Lung layers normally barely visible on CT but in pul edema
VISIBLE
thickenend inflammed fibrosis
SPLIT PLEURA sign
infected EMPYEMA
INfection in post BM transplant
TREE IN BUD on CT
RSV pneumonia
necrotic LN in dx tB
CECT
normally enhancing LN are now not enhancing due to necrosis
normal pancreas on ct
enhancement +
necrosis -ve
signet ring
tram tract
cluster of grapes
hrct
cronchiectasis
honey comb lung
ILD
- mc usual interstitial pneumonia
- NSIP non specific interstitial pneumonia with GGO
+ve COVID
mc mediastinal mass
thymoma
neuroenteric cyst
always ass with vert anomaly
ant - eso
post - spinal cord
PCA branch of
ICA
1st branch of AA
inf phrenic a
mc site of CoA
post ductal in descending aorta
- BL 3-11 ribs inf notching
rib notching
- sup
- inf
- both
sup = VASCULAR inf = NON VAScular both = NF
fig of 8
supracardiac TAPVC
sitting duck
PTA
X ray sign of LA enlargement
bedford sign
LA enlargement
1st sign
1st - straightening of LHB
LAE other signs
- LA appendage enlarged
- SPLAYing of carina
- post displacement of eso (earliest NOT SEEN CXR seen only on Ba swallow)
- elevation of LMB
- DOUBLE DENSITY SIGN
- Bedford sign
NUcelar scans use ____ rays
gamma
Tc 99
DTPA
radionucleide
ISOMETRIC TRANSITION
t1/2 = 6h
energy 140 keV
Tc 99
Needs gamma camera
Th activated
DMSA
to see Scarring only.
cannot measure GFR
IOC: VUR
carrier for Tc99
excreted via GFR
Tc DTPA
used for GFR assessing
FUNCTIONAL RENAL TISSUE
Tc 99 MAG3
gamma rays
excreted via
- GFR
-Tubular sec *better for renal func status
Tc pertechnate affinity for
- gastric mucosa
- thyroid tissue
- salivary glands
Meckels
+ve Tc 99
at periumb and RIF
Parotid gland Tc99
-Warthin
Adenolymphoma
-Warthin +ve
Adenolymphoma -ve
bleeding meckels
RBC scan vs Tc scan
Tc 99»_space;» RBC
sensitive
Tc positive
black
Hot spot
thyroid - benign
Tc 99 negative
white
COLD spot
thyroid - malig
t1/2
I131
I123
I131 - 8days. Beta and gamma (ablative)
I123 - only Gamma. 12 hours RAIU scan
in india thyroid scan
done with Tc 99 not I123
I125
RIA
MIBG
NE analog
pheochromocytomas
Sestamibi
PTH adenoma
myocardial viability
HIDA
Biliary atresia
GOLD STD- acute cholecystitis (ioc-usg)
MDP
bone scan
-osteoblastic activity
mets, #, osteomyelitis
Se methionine scan
pancreas
Octreotide scan
NET
Thallium scan
myocardial perfusion (viable vs non viable)
MUGA
Vent fuction
Vent function most practical
ECHO (op dependent)
Vent function OBJective tests
MUGA
Cardiac MR MOST accurate
viable non fucntioning cardia
Stunned (acute)
Hibernating (chronic)
non func cardia
viable vs non viable diff via
Thallium
sestamibi
cardiac mr
fdg pet
18FDG t1/2
110 min
emits positrons and undergoes annihilation releases 511keV
Glucose meta by hexokinase
in fdg pet gamma rays
produced INSIDE cells 550 keV
No role of gamma camera (140 keV)
tumor expresses GLUT
3
Normal tissue showing high activiity FDG pet
Brain
Brown fat
2 tissue no activity fdg pet
carcinoid
bronchoalv ca
mc mimicker of fdg activity
TB
Staging of cancer
PET CET > CECT
18 F DOpa
Parkinson
Pheochromocytoma
A beta amyloid
Parkinson
Ga PSMA
prostate ca
Ga 68
DOTA TOC
DOTA NOC
DOTA TATE
NET
diff brain mets from
- radiation necrosis
- tumor recurrance
radiation necrosis - WHITE
Tumor - BLACK
CSF spaces
ventricles
cisterns
fissure
sulci
hematoma
- hyper
- iso
- hypo
hyper - acute
iso - subacute
hypo - chronic
SWIRL sign
acute EDH
SIGN of ACTIVE bleed in EDH
Rx even wo waiting for midline shift
middline shift
> 0.5cm
ambient cistern contains
PCA
after RTA NCCT
80%
20%
80% DAI
20% punctate focal hemorrhage