Radiographs
Which of the following DOES NOT result in film fogging?
Static electricity caused by humidity
What imaging modality has the patient is placed on a stationary table that is passed through the rotating X-ray beams?
CT
Endoscopy is used to evaluate all the following systems EXCEPT?
Exocrine
What is the most commonly used contrast agent for a MRI?
Gadolinium
Ultrasound is primarily used to observe, measure, and evaluate what?
Abdominal cavity and the organs and Tendons/Ligaments
Which of the following systems in NOT a digital radiography system?
CBC and CBD
Names the two (2) types of FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPES?
Video and Fiberoptic
Which of the following procedures is not a common Nuclear Medicine study?
Adrenal scan
This term refers to ALL sound that is reflected back to the transducer?
Echoic
hat is the maximum REM/yr. that an occupationally at-risk person can be exposed to?
5 REM/yr.
Your Dr. asks you to anesthetize a patient for an upper GI endoscopy, what position will you place your patient?
Right lateral recumbency
What is the imaging modality that uses radionuclides and gamma camera for detection?
Nuclear Medicine
Identify all ferromagnetic objects?
Cell phone, Hair clips, Pens, Watch, Piercings,
Pacemakers, Old wood pencils and Hemostats
What uses a high-powered magnets and radiofrequencies to visualize the structure & function of the body?
MRI
What do we call the effect a moving patient has on our images?
Penumbra effect
What imaging modality is also known as SCINTIGRAPHY?
Nuclear Medicine
When is administering PO barium, as a contrast agent, contraindicated?
Can't have GI perforations
Dental radiographic technology and standard digital radiography vary because of enamel and tooth density?
False
What digital radiography system uses lasers in its developing process?
CR (computed radiography)
This is the most commonly used NEGATIVE CONTRAST AGENT in veterinary medicine....
Air
KNOW YOUR BONES AND HOW THEY CAN BE POSITIONED for the Abdomen, Humerus, Stifle, Radius, Tibia, Pelvis and Fibula
- Halfway between xiphoid and caudal border of the scapula/greater trochanter
- Mid shaft femur/mid shaft tibia
- Wings of ilium/Stifle joint
- Manubrium sterni/between Xiphoid and last rib
- Elbow joint/Carpal joint
- Coxofemoral joint/Stifle joint
- Shoulder joint/elbow joint
You will have certain scenarios where you have to use a radiograph, MRI, CT or Ultrasound. For example:
Fractures
Muscles
Bladder
Spine/Vertebrae
Kidneys
Dislocations
Advanced soft tissue/joints
Hairline PELVIS fractures
Intervertebral disk space
Tendons/ligaments