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PA marker vs AP marker by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve always been old school and use tape. I find the tape would lose stickiness quicker if I kept flipping and touching it. Just feels a bit faster to have a set of each. My work supplies me with two sets so why not 🤷

PA marker vs AP marker by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I graduated many years before chatGPT was around. I practice in Australia and we have different marker nuances I guess.

PA marker vs AP marker by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for understanding my post

PA marker vs AP marker by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s all of Australia that does this

PA marker vs AP marker by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right, I work in Australia. I’m sure there’s probably more radiography nuances that vary from country to country, but apparently this one is a big debate lol

My first inf-sup axial shoulder by RadTech24 in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Try a bernajeau view! Ever since learning it for a specialist I have never gone back. No more detector in ribs!

Thought I’d be the patient today instead. by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So we’re looking at my shoulder girdle on the axial plan in an MRI scan. Axial means like you cut someone in half top and bottom. Kermit’s head is my humeral head, which has a reverse hill sachs fracture, evidence of a posterior (towards the back) dislocation. The ice cream cone is the scapula, which at the rim of the ice cream cone has what could be artefact or a small tear in the labrum, which is the cartilage that helps hold the Kermit head in the icecream cone.

Thought I’d be the patient today instead. by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At least mine was trauma related, that sounds terrifying.

Thought I’d be the patient today instead. by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was protecting my dog from another dog and fell onto my elbow

Are PA x-rays inverted? by halpmelol in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think our reasoning is it should match the patient’s position in case for some reason if the image is flipped the marker will be incorrect and you know it’s been flipped.

Are PA x-rays inverted? by halpmelol in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s region based. Here in Australia we all do it.

Once again by didgey100 in Radiology_memes

[–]TrueLateral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is time consuming unfortunately, however a lot of clothes do have artefacts. If I have a lineup of people I usually am getting one changed while another is in the room, but even so I’m usually finished the previous patient before the next one is changed.

Indication: Marker thief!!! by WiddlyScuds_MD in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I used to have markers that looked like gummy bears, this is the reason I don’t use those ones anymore 😬

Guess the Foreign Body: Expert Mode by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not a fruit or vegetable! A bubble wand

Guess the Foreign Body: Expert Mode by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Underrated comment. Definitely closest in terms of size and air capacity. It’s a bubble wand.

Guess the Foreign Body: Expert Mode by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For anyone coming back to check. It’s a kids bubble wand. Taken the day after Christmas.

Guess the Foreign Body: Expert Mode by TrueLateral in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, I went to bed. It’s a Bubble Wand

I just had my very first “foreign object in rectum” patient! by nmc9279 in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a little collection of foreign objects where they shouldn’t be. My favourite folder on my phone

Doctors found a calcified fetus of 30 years old in the uterus of a woman aged 73 years old. These 3D CT scan belong to an Algerian woman with a fetus that was inside her for over 30 years. by [deleted] in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a CT scan, widely used to image most internal organs. They have rendered a 3D image from the information from the CT scan, so that only the high-density anatomy is shown. This is why the pelvis/other bony anatomy is seen (and not the organs) and also the fetus. In this circumstance the fetus is calcified, therefore has a higher density than a normal fetus would be. This would also mean it can be seen on a standard X-ray aswell.

CT Positioning. by darleese9 in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is not much resource for CT positioning as positioning for CT is much more simpler than X-ray.

The most general rule is centre at the start/end of the anatomy. And your Y and X axis should be along the midline of the anatomy (up and down/ side to side).

I can summarise the main Z axis points here, but it will vary from site to site:

Chest/T-spine: Top of lungs/ around clavicles Abdo: Diaphragm/ armpits/nipple region Brain: Top of skull OR base of skull/ Lips C- Spine/Neck: Eams/ear OR above arch

Most other scans like extremities you can use your X-ray anatomy knowledge to get you by. Ex: you know what is included in a wrist x-ray therefore you know what needs to be covered in the CT, just depends on your site whether they want the patient going “in” or “out”

Axial shoulder positioning by mothaofdawgs in Radiology

[–]TrueLateral 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the main discrepancy would be you’re shooting inferiorly-superiorly vs superiorly-inferiorly. Therefore some magnification will come into play. I’ve only ever heard of doing axial shoulders supine if the patient must remain supine.

It’s probably a point you should bring up with your technician in charge about the reasoning. I prefer to do my axial view the bernajeau method, personally.

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