MOBILE RADIOGRAPHY MERRILL’S VOL. 3 CH. 28
POWER SUPPLIES CAPACITOR DISCHARGE UNITS BATTERY POWERED UNITS
POWER DRIVE DRIVE MOTOR, BATTERY POWERED DEADMAN-TYPE DRIVE SWITCH EXTREME CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN DRIVING !
KVP BATTERY-POWERED UNIT HIGHER AVERAGE PHOTON ENERGY CAPACITOR DISCHARGE UNIT VOLTAGE DROPS DURING EXPOSURE
MAS MOST MOBILE UNITS NOT CAPABLE OF HIGH MAS VALUES USED IN STATIONARY UNITS KVP CAN BE MANIPULATED TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT DENSITY
RADIATION SAFETY S HIELDING T IME D ISTANCE
GRID USE PART IS MORE THAN 10CM THICK HIGH KVP NEEDED CR ALONG CENTRAL AXIS OF GRID ANGLE CR ALONG DIRECTION OF LEAD STRIPS FIND TUBE SIDE OF GRID
MILD CUT OFF CR3” OFF CENTER
MODERATE CUTOFF CR 5”OFF CENTER
CHEST RADIOGRAPHY
QUICK TIPS POSITION CR AND SET TECHNIQUE PRIOR TO POSITIONING PATIENT USE SHORT EXPOSURE TIMES TO REDUCE MOTION
EVALUATION CRITERIA CLAVICLES POSITIONED ON SAME PLANE SCAPULAE IN LUNG FIELD HUMERI ABDUCTED OUT OF FOV MANUBRIUM SUPERIMPOSED OVER T4 1” OF APICES DEMONSTRATED ABOVE CLAVICLES
CORRECT
PATIENT CHALLENGES KYPHOSIS SEMI-UPRIGHT/SUPINE/CR 5-10DEGREES CEPH. UNCONSCIOUS/VENTILATED PATIENT SLIDE CASSETTE UNDER BED SHEET/WATCH RESPIRATIONS
SCOLIOSIS VS ROTATION ROTATION DISTANCE FROM VERTEBRAL COLUMN TO LUNG EDGES UNIFORM DOWN LENGTH OF LUNG SCOLIOSIS DISTANCE FROM VERTEBRAL COLUMN TO LATERAL LUNG EDGES VARIES DOWN LENGTH OF LUNG FIELD. VARIATION INCREASES W/ SEVERITY OF SCOLIOSIS
CXR/SCOLIOSIS
EXPIRATION
ARMS IN FOV
LORDOTIC
CAUDAL ANGLE
PEDIATRIC CHEST
EVALUATION CRITERIA DISTANCES FROM VERTEBRAL COLUMN TO STERNAL ENDS OF CLAVICLES EQUAL LENGTHS OF R & L POSTERIOR RIBS EQUAL ANTERIOR RIBS PROJECTED DOWNWARD POSTERIOR RIBS DEMONSTRATE MILD CEPHALICALLY BOWED CONTOUR 8 POSTERIOR RIBS ABOVE DIAPHRAGM
NEONATE CORRECT
NOT FULL EXPIRATION
ROTATION TO L SIDE
LORDOTIC/POSTERIOR RIBS PROJECTED UPWARD/CR TOO LOW
CHIN IN LUNG FIELD
EXPIRATION/CR CEPHALIC ANGLE
CR TOO CAUDAL
DECUBITUS CXR
POSITIONING TIPS AP PROJECTION IS EASIER FOR POSITIONING BEND KNEES & SUPPORT W/PILLOW TO PREVENT FORWARD ROTATION
EVALUATION CRITERIA ARMS, MANDIBLE, & LATERAL BORDERS OF SCAPULAE OUTSIDE LUNG FIELD CLAVICLES PROJECTED UPWARD MANUBRIUM SUPERIMPOSED ON T POSTERIOR RIBS ABOVE DIAPHRAGM SUPPORT PAD NOT IN LUNG FIELD
CORRECT
INCORRECT/LFT SIDE CLOSER TO IR/ARM AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE
MANUBRIUM OVER T5/LEANING FORWARD
PEDIATRIC DECUBITUS CXR
CORRECT
ROTATED TOWARDS L
R SIDE ROTATION& CHIN
ARM INLUNG/EXPIRATION
MOBILE ABDOMEN
PATIENT CHALLENGES PATIENT SIZE MOTION VOLUNTARY INVOLUNTARY LINES/TUBING
MOTION
INVOLUNTARY MOTION
DECREASE MA FOR PATHOLOGY
SCOLIOSIS VS ROTATION ROTATION SPINOUS PROCESS LOCATION OFF VERTEBRAL COLUMN APPEARS STRAIGHT SCOLIOSIS SPINOUS PROCESSES STRAIGHTEN OUT VERTEBRAL COLUMN DEMONSTRATES LATERAL DEVIATION
ROTATION
SCOLIOSIS
DECUBITUS ABDOMEN
EVALUATION CRITERIA UNIFORM DENSITY ACROSS ABDOMEN SPINOUS PROCESSES ALIGNED WITH MIDLINE OF VERTEBRAL BODIES ILIAC WINGS SYMMETRICAL RIGHT HEMIDIAPHRAGM INCLUDED
FREE AIR
CORRECT
RT SIDE FARTHER FROM IR
PEDIATRIC ABDOMEN
CORRECT
NO DIAPHRAGM/FINGERS
R SIDE ROTATION
UPPER BODY TILTED TO R
DECUBITUS ABDOMEN/PEDI
CORRECT
ROTATED TO L SIDE
DIAPHRAGM NOT INCLUDE