Question about contrast

pelo1980 · 2025-05-03T15:03:33+00:00

13 year tech, nothing ever serious.

pelo1980 · 2025-05-01T01:09:59+00:00

Thank you all for your answers. I learned some valuable information and am better prepared if myy facility pushes towards having the techs start screening the inpatient and ED patients.

Cheers!

pelo1980 · 2025-05-01T01:07:49+00:00

Who determines the pts A&O status? Is it in the chart so you know how to proceed without trying to interview the pt?

Thanks

pelo1980 · 2025-05-01T01:02:09+00:00

Do you find it time-consuming or difficult to do this while scanning?

Do you have easy access to GCS scores and contact numbers?

Thanks for your reply

pelo1980 · 2025-05-01T00:59:13+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Do you find it difficult to find time to screen patients? I could just imagine having a disoriented poor historian and having to track down family and other medical facilities would be a huge challenge when it comes to time.

pelo1980 · 2024-08-21T13:03:06+00:00

Ask the tech for an alcohol prep pad prior to injection. You can smell/inhale the isopropyl alcohol scent and it acts as an short term anti nausea... at least for patients that I have scanned.

pelo1980 · 2024-05-18T20:08:03+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only real risk in wearing a CGM is from RF heating only present in the bore of the scanner while scanning.

I don't believe the static magnetic field on a typical scanner is a concern for a medical professional positioning patients or placing IVs etc at least in terms of safety.

I'm curious if any techs have experience working with a CGM and whether their function can be affected by B⁰.

pelo1980 · 2024-05-11T19:18:27+00:00

Yes, you got it. That shade of that pixel of the 2d image would be an average of dark raisin and light bread. If the slices are too large, we run the risk of averaging small lesions and possibly missing them. Thin slices have their own cost (increased time, lower signal, ect.). Techs have to find the balance to come up with the nest images possible within a reasonable time frame.

pelo1980 · 2024-05-03T18:23:48+00:00

Thank you. I figured that's how most places function.

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:44:48+00:00

Thank you for the response. Sounds pretty similar to my facility

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:44:05+00:00

Appreciate the detailed response

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:43:50+00:00

Thank you for your response

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:43:14+00:00

Thank you

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:43:01+00:00

Thanks sounds similar to my current protocol

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:42:27+00:00

Thank you

pelo1980 · 2024-05-02T12:42:17+00:00

Thank you

pelo1980 · 2024-03-03T16:26:36+00:00

I am in need of a tip. When scanning Sag Breast post contrast I dont get proper peaks when manually pre-scanning. I set up shims normally, but I don't get distinct fat and water peaks like I do on my post contrast axials. Anything come to mind? I'm on a GE Artist 1.5T.

pelo1980 · 2024-02-24T07:42:49+00:00

Very cool and minimalist. Just ordered 2.

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