HLB AKT Radiography

Question 1

What type of imaging modality would you use to assess LV function?

Answer 1

Echocardiography

Question 2

What type of imaging modality would you use if you suspected someone had a pneumothorax?

Answer 2

CXR

Question 3

What is the first line diagnostic imaging test used for pericardial disorders?

Answer 3

Echocardiogram

Question 4

Which type of imaging modality is very good at identifying pleural pathology?

Answer 4

CXR

Question 5

Air in the pleural space is a __________

Fluid in the pleural space is a ____________

Answer 5

pneumothorax

pleural effusion

Question 6

What type of imaging is indicated for someone who has had significant trauma to the thorax?

Answer 6

CT thorax

Question 7

What imaging is best for evaluating a pulmonary embolism?

Answer 7

CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)

Question 8

What type of imaging is helpful in cancer staging?

Answer 8

CT

Question 9

Another name for a transverse imaging plane is

Answer 9

axial

Question 10

Another name for the frontal plane is

Answer 10

coronal

Question 11

Another name for the median plane is

Answer 11

sagittal

Question 12

The four pulmonary veins empty into the

Answer 12

left atrium

Question 13

The right subclavian vein and right internal jugular vein join to form the ___________ vein.

Answer 13

right brachiocephalic (remember “brachio” = arm and cephalic = head)

Question 14

What vertebral level is the angle of Louis?

Answer 14

Angle of Louis is between T4 and T5

Question 15

What is the major landmark associated with the division of the trachea into the left and right main bronchi?

Answer 15

This occurs at the carina, which is at the angle of Louis (vertebral level T4-T5)

Question 16

In which main bronchus do foreign bodies tend to become lodged?

Answer 16

In the right main bronchus, as it is straighter and wider than the left

Question 17

Name the fissures of the right lung

Answer 17

Oblique and horizontal

Remember the left lung has Only Oblique

Question 18

A plain film radiograph taken from the side (in a sagittal plane) is also known as a

Answer 18

lateral CXR

Question 19

What chest pathology shows up as “blunting” (areas of white) in the costophrenic angle?

Answer 19

Pleural effusion

Question 20

What are the hallmarks of a pleural effusion on CXR?

Answer 20

Opacification and a meniscus (“Looping up” towards the lateral aspect of the lung)

Question 21

The air in the lung fields of a patient with a pneumothorax would appear _______ on CT

Answer 21

black

Question 22

Pt presents with dyspnoea, substernal chest pain, partly relieved by sitting forward. Echocardiogram shows fluid around the heart. What is the diagnosis?

Answer 22

Pericardial effusion