LEC 3 - Imaging Interpretation

Question 1

What are the four components that need to be on an x-ray to ID it?

Answer 1

Patient
Date
Location
Markers

Question 2

What are the two things you would want to look at when seeing if an x-ray is good enough to read?

Answer 2

Diagnostic quality (motion, alignment, etc) 
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Completeness (missing structures that are out of frame)

Question 3

What are the four aspects of an x-ray that are going to give you quality?

Answer 3

Exposure
Positioning
Resolution
Artifacts

Question 4

How do you know if a x-ray is over-exposed?

Answer 4

will look really dark

Question 5

How do you know if a x-ray is under-exposed?

Answer 5

will look extremely bright

Question 6

What factors need to be met in order to determine that you have a complete xray?

Answer 6

All the anatomy that you need for the diagnostic image is present
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all views of the structures are taken

Question 7

What system is used to describe an x-ray?

Answer 7

Roentgen Signs

Question 8

What are the six components to Roentgen signs?

Answer 8

Size 
Shape 
Location 
Margination 
Number 
Opacity

Question 9

How is margination described?

Answer 9

Lesion description
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Border effacement

Question 10

What three things can cause opacity to occur?

Answer 10

Density
Thickness
Superimposition