Why take a scout film for FB
- to verify presence of FB
- how many
- what type
- location
FB
•any alien object that had entered the body by any means
Steps used for FB of the eye
- sm. focal spot
- clean screen debris might be misleading
- have pt steady gaze to eliminate motion
Parallax motion method of the eye
- film taken with pt looking up & then down
* FB usually moves with eye
Eye protocol
- Modified waters
* Lateral
Belt Thompson rule
•leg length accurate means of obtaining measurements of long bones such as differences between both
Spot scanography
- closely coned exposure made over each joint
- hips
- knees
- ankles
How does lead poisoning show up on a xray
•thick white line at the metastases
What do Pediatrics & geriatrics have in common
•must be patience to them
When wrking with mentally retarded pt how do u treat them?
•according to their mental age
The biggest danger facing neonatal pt
•hypothermia
Adolescent pt
- should not be treated as adult but as adolescent
* often ill through misinformed info
If parent holds ped’s what should u give them
- lead apron
- gloves
- and be out of the field of interest
Chamberlain method
- just for hips
* measures distance from hips-feet
Aspiration PA CHEST
•on inspiration & expiration
FB SID must be
•consistent throughout images
