Systematic Reading Flashcards
2 routine views of chest taken in CXR?
PA and left lateral
What appears black, gray, and white on CXR?
Black: air
Gray: fat
White: liquid
Dense white: bone, contrast, metal
Systematic reading of CXR?
Airway Bones Cardiac Diaphragm Everything else (breast, abdomen, axilla, neck, chest wall, tubes, lines) Lungs Mediastinum Pleura (costophrenic angle)
What items should be evaluated in the 4 views of the abdomen?
Air (bowel, peritoneum)
Calcifications
Soft tissues
Bones
Color of CSF in MRI T1 vs. T2?
Dark in T1
Bright in T2
What appears black, gray, and white on CT?
Black: air Dark: CSF Dark gray: fat Gray: tissues White: bone Dense white: contrast, metal
Major indications for U/S?
OBG Pediatric patients RUQ pathology Carotid stenosis DVT
Major indications for CT?
Lots of things
CNS bleeds
Nephrolithiasis
PE
Major indications for MRI?
Stroke (DWI MRI most sensitive)
Soft tissue pathology
Major indications for plain film?
Initial lung pathologies
Bone fractures
Contrast used for CT?
Iodine
Contrast used for MRI?
Gadolinium
Terms for plain films and CT?
Density
Terms for MRI?
Intensity
Terms for U/S?
Echo