Diagnostic Imaging Modalities

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Diagnostic Imaging Modalities
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Preparing Images for Viewing

• Images must be labeled for position
• Left /right
• AP/PA/Obl
• Upright, supine, prone
• Patient Data
• Name
• Date
• Account number

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Viewing an Image

• As though looking at the patient in the
  Anatomical Position

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X-rays pass through a body part and put an image
on a film
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How is an Image formed?
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Kubor abd.
right
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Barium EnemaBE
R
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Chest PA Lateral
Left
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CT Scan Transverse Slice of Thorax
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Elbow anterior posterior position
R
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Lateral index finger
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KneeRadiograph (x-ray) MRI
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Lumbar spineAp Lateral
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Gastrointestional GI Series
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ABD.before injectionIVP after
injectionintravenous pyelogram
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resources

• http//www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/examinati
  ons/mriscan.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Resonance_Im
  aging
• http//en.tnd.kz/equipment/patient_monitoring/obst
  etrical_monitoring/
• http//www.radiologyinfo.org/en/photocat/photos_mo
  re_pc.cfm?pgbonerad