Lower Extremity/Pelvic gurdle
How much should you flex a knee for a sky line view?
40-45
Best modality for imaging after shoulder arthrogram for rotator cuff tear
MRI
MAs for supine abdomen
15
If you are in the OR and the timer alarm sounds, what is your exposure time?
5min
Centering/angle of Pelvic Inlet
Caudad 40
Level of ASIS
Most Common Fracture of the foot
- a transverse fracture of the base of the 5th metatarsal
-Represents an avulsion fracture resulting from plantarflexion and inversion
What must a patient provide before beginning a hystero procedure?
Negative pregnacy test
KVP range for a PA chest
110-125
What are the 5 steps after completing portable?
- Plug in power cord
- Plug in PACS cord
- Plug in detector/turn off detector
- Log out
- Turn off machine
How much do you rotate the leg for a Medial Obliqued knee?
Rotate the entire leg internally 45 degrees
With proper obliqueness of foot, what joint space is seen open?
Sinus Tarsi
What does EVAR stand for?
Endovascular aneurysm repair
What does a grid reduce on an image?
Scatter
You go into an OR port a Cath , the smiley face is away from the patient , what manipulations must you make?
- Flip and invert ( two R's)
What does a properly positioned lumbar oblique projection demonstrate ?
Scottie dog showing the articular processes and facet joints
How can you tell rotation on an AP pelvis
( List one )
- Symmetric appearance of iliac wing
- Symmetric appearance of obturator foramen
- Symmetric appearance of ischial spine
Whats the difference between thrombolysis and thrombectomy?
Thrombolysis- dissolving clot by thrombolytic agent
Thrombectomy- mechanically removing the clot
How much should you increase your Ma to see a visible change?
Doubled
When taking a portable chest for a central line insertion, what annotations should be made?
- Left/right
-Portbale
- AP sitting/supine with distance
extra - Line placement
When centered to the downside acetabulum for a judet view, what is demonstrated?
anterior rim of the acetabulum and posterioir ilioischial column are demonstrated
Centering for AP hip
Over femoral neck, 1-2 in ( 2.5-5cm) medial, and 3-4in (8-10 cm) distal to ASIS
Purpose of a guidewire
- Guidewires are used to steer a catheter to the desired location. The purpose of the guide wire is to get access to a vessel while being minimally invasive
What technical factor affects penetrability?
Kvp
In what order should you plug/unplug the C- arm / monitor when in OR?
plug in- C-arm into monitor, then monitor into wall
unplug- monitor from wall, monitor from carm
Centering for AP scapula
2 Inches(5cm) inferior to the coracoid process and approximatly 2 inches(5cm) medial from the lateral border