Session 8- Radiology of the Chest

Question 1

what is used to asses image quality

Answer 1

RIPE

R-rotation
I-Inspiration
P-Projection
E-exposure

Question 2

rotation

Answer 2

the medial aspect of each clavicle should be equidistant from the spinous processes

the spinous processes should also be vertically orientated against the vetrebral bodies

Question 3

inspiration

Answer 3

5-6 ant ribs, the lung apices, both costophrenic angles and lateral rib edges should be visible

Question 4

projection

Answer 4

AP vs PA film

Question 5

exposure

Answer 5

left hemi-diaphragm should be visible to the spine and vetebrae visible behind heart

Question 6

what is used to assess interpretation

Answer 6

ABCDE
A-airways
B-breathing
C-cardiac
D-diaphragm and Dem bones
E-everything else

Question 7

what is included in everything else

Answer 7

bones
soft tissue
air beneath diaphragm
pacemaker 
wires 
central access wires

Question 8

what is artifact

Answer 8

external/iatrogenic material which obstructs view

Question 9

what would make the fissures of the lungs more visble

Answer 9

lung collapse as they move superiorly and become more prominentv

Question 10

what does a loss of para-tracheal stripe what does this indicatev

Answer 10

pathology
a mass
lymph nodes