Imaging

Question 1

saying for x ray

Answer 1

one view is no view

Question 2

absolute contraindication for MRI

Answer 2

pacemakers, metallic foreign objects around orbit

Question 3

which modalities give you dynamic imaging

Answer 3

flouroscopy and ultrasound

Question 4

Nuclear medicine: what can it measure

Answer 4

bone density via dual x-ray absorptometry (DXA)

Question 5

DXA study

Answer 5

T-score: 2.5 SD osteoporosis, >2.5 AND low trauma fracture=severe osteoporosis

Question 6

Bone scintigraphy

Answer 6

sensitive but not specific. largely replaced by MRI. Useful in metastasis detection

Question 7

Scotty Dog

Answer 7

fracture of pars interarticularis of vertebrae

Question 8

image guided procedures

Answer 8

biopsy, arthrography, myelogram (central canal), therapy