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Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
and lateral abdomen ... 50 CXRs Head CT ... Chest CT 3 mSv 150 ... CXRs Abdomen CT ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years CHEST ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... 6 months - Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... lesions than the chest ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... /year 1 day Airline ... mSv 8 months Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Air Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior chest radiography showed dense airspace disease with bilateral hemithorax opacification and
anterior–posterior chest ... sign in which the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #Bronchogram #NEJM
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
lobe atelectasis Chest ... x-rays of a 70-year ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
segment to creep all ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe ... #Lobar #Collapse
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... The lateral view ... of the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR