Radiation Safety
Provides targeted protection to vital organs ex. thyroid, breasts, and reproductive organs
What is a lead shield?
In a neutral position, sits in an oblique position
What is a thumb?
Patient may be supine or sitting upright with leg straight on the table, foot dorsiflexion, toes pointing directly to the ceiling
What is an ankle AP view?
Image is too dark or too light
What is overexposure or what is underexposure?
Local PACS unique to each clinic
What is PiView
Best radiation practices
What is time, distance shielding?
What is a shoulder?
Mid-point between the ankle joint and the knee joint, portrait or diagonal depending on limb length
What is a tibia-fibula?
Red, yellow, green bar appear after an exposure indicates if technique was optimal.
What is deviation index?
Tech summary of patient history/chief complaint
What is a tech note?
Females of child bearing age
What is a pregnancy test/waiver?
Central ray is centered to the mid carpal region
What is a PA wrist?
View includes a frog leg of the affected side
What is a lateral hip?
Six ribs visualized on chest x-ray
What is poor inspiration?
All clinic images stored for permanent record
What is Infinitt?
Filters used to focus only on area of interest
What is collimation?
Image would include elbow (proximal) and wrist (distal) joint
What is a forearm?
Sacroiliac joints (SI), sacrum, iliac crest, proximal femur; orientation landscape
What is a pelvis?
Top and bottom part of a chest x-ray?
What are apices? What are costophrenic angles?
Record of adverse and near misses
What is an incidence report?
Monthly fetal badge worn by 'declared' pregnant workers
What is a dosimeter?
The patient is preferably erect, back against the IR, and affected arm is abducted and center to the upright detector
What is a humerus?
Patient is supine, most patients will require an upper and lower, IT need to be placed in the table bucky; (Do not attempt this if fractured is suspected)
What is a femur x-ray?
PA chest x-ray, erect abdomen, supine abdomen
What is a 3-view abdominal series?
Dedicated person to help solve all things radiology
What is a radiology services manager?