Name 3 things considered artifacts on a chest xray.
What is bra, oxygen tube, gown snaps, jewelry.
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See image 1. What is the blue arrow pointing to?
What is costophrenic angle
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What is wrong with this image. See image 4. It is supposed to be an AP erect chest.
What is the tube needs to be angled down so there is about 1 inch of lungs above the clavicles.
200
How do you know what the correct tube angle should be for an AP erect chest?
What is angle of tube should match the angle of the sternum
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If the patients shoulder's are not relaxed, what happens to the clavicles?
What is the lateral sides rise superimposing the apicies the lungs
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What needs to be included on a chest x-ray?
What is with: full lung and rib border.
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See Image 2. What is the blue arrow pointing to?
What is the aortic arch
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How can you tell when a lateral chest x-ray is rotated?
What is posterior ribs aren't superimposed. If left lung is anterior the heart will be in front of the sternum. If right lung is anterior the heart will stop at sternum.
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When a patient is lordotic, which direction do you angle the tube for an AP chest?
What is cephalic
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How much should the patient be rotated for an anterior oblique? What should the lungs look like?
What is 45 degrees. There should be twice as much lung on the side away from the IR
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What should the kVp be for a chest x-ray with a grid? without a grid?