Topic 1: Intro to Clinical Flashcards

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What is a position?

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What is a projection?

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List the general body positions

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What does decubitus mean? How is the CR orientated for a decubitus projection?

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Name and describe the three body planes.

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Name and describe the abdominal quadrants.

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What are the four types of body habitus and what are their features?

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List body movements. Describe them.

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What is CT?

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What is MRI?

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What is Fluoroscopy?

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What is Mammography?

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What is the first thing you do when greeting a patient?

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What is the general rule for lead marker placement?

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For what projection(s) should you automatically cover your patient with a sheet?

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What are the skeletal tomographic landmarks? What are their vertebral levels?

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What are the two types of casts a patient can have? How do you tell the difference between them on a radiographic image?

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What is the difference between a sign and a symptom?

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What is the tiny circular bone that can sometimes be found in the hand?

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What is the evaluation criteria for fingers?

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What is the evaluation criteria for thumb?

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What is the evaluation criteria for hand?

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What is the evaluation criteria for wrist?

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What is the evaluation criteria for scaphoid?

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What is the evaluation criteria for forearm?
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What is the evaluation criteria for elbow?
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What is the evaluation criteria for humerus?
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What would you do to kV in order to increase the contrast of an image?
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Describe an LPO position.
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Describe an RPO position.
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Describe an LAO position.
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Describe an RAO position.
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What's the difference between breathing instructions and breathing techniques?
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What is the main type of breathing technique we have covered in this course?
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What is the direct square law?
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What is the indirect square law?
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How much above and below an orthopedic appliance should be visible on a final image?
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What is a compensation filter?
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How do you use a wedge filter?