Image Analysis
What are the routine projections for a wrist x-ray series?
What is PA, 45 degree external oblique and lateral?
What SID would you use for a 2nd digit PA finger radiograph?
How much is the elbow flexed for the Coyle method when visualizing the coronoid process?
What is 80 degrees?
What type of joint is the first digit?
What is a saddle joint?
Which carpal bone will be best visualized on a PA wrist x-ray in ulnar deviation?
What is the scaphoid?
What is posterior on the humerus that articulates with the ulna?
What is the olecreanon fossa?
You do not use a grid for body parts thicker than 10 to ____ cms.
What is 12?
What fracture is typically found at the base of the first metacarpal?
What is a Bennett's fracture?
Where do you center for a lateral hand radiograph?
What is the 2nd MCP joint?
How many bones are there in the fingers total?
What is 14?
What is NOT well visualized on a lateral extension radiograph of the hand?
What is the phalanges?
What kVp range would you use for an upright humerus series in the bucky?
What is 70 kVp?
What specialty hand x-ray would you use to visualize osteoarthritis?
What is the Ball-Catchers Method?
How many degrees do you angle the x-ray tube for an AP external oblique elbow radiograph?
What is zero degrees?
What is the radius?
Where is the ulnar head located?
What would be the correct mAs range for an AP thumb radiograph?
What is 1.2-2.5 mAs?
When you angle the IR 20 degrees and place the wrist on it for visualization, you are performing what method?
What is the Stecher method?
What is the joint space called in the distal 3rd digit?
What is the 3rd distal phalangeal joint? (aka the DIP joint)
The proximal humerus contains 2 of these?
What are tubercles? (Greater and Lesser)
What are the names of the carpal bones? Please name ALL of them!
What is scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate?
What would you do to ensure proper patient dose when performing an AP forearm radiograph? (Hint- there are 3!!)
What is collimate, shield the patient, and use proper technical factors?
What is the name of the method used in visualizing the carpal bones tangentially for carpal tunnel?
What is the Gaynor-Hart Method?
The first carpometacarpal joint is the articulation of the base of the first metacarpal and what?
What is the Trapezium?
What needs to be included on an AP humerus radiograph? (Hint: don't complicate it- the answer is very simple)
What is the entire humerus, including the shoulder joint and the elbow joint?