Mainstay of thoracic imaging
PA and lateral radiographs
kVp potential for chest
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4 basic features of proper radiographic technique on frontal radiographs
Penetration, rotation, inspiration and motion
Useful for detection of air trapping in patients with small airway disease
Expiratory HRCT
Morphologic studies usually require what MR sequence
Spin echo T1W and T2W
Mass evaluation might benefit from what MR sequences
Fat supressed sequences such as STIR or from gadolinium-enhanced sequences
Angiographic Aquisitions in MR Are most often performed with
GRE volumetric acquisitions
Cardiac sequences benefit from what MR technique
Cardiac-gated balanced steady-state free precession techniques (SSFP)
Used almost exclusively for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, although it my also be useful in the planning of bullectomy, lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema and lung transplantation
Ventilation/perfusion lung scanning
Used for the detection of pulmonary infection or inflammation and in the evaluation of suspected sarcoidosis
Gallium-67 scanning
