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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
dose in adults ... dose in adults ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
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
Estimated Medical Radiation ... Doses for 5 Year-Old ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Background #Radiation ... #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... Estimated dose - ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - Lobar ... consolidation - Diffuse ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... mm) nodules • Diffusely ... process or (rarely) diffuse ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
distribution: - Diffuse ... if the patient does ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Diffuse #Multifocal
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... useful when limited radiation ... dose is desirable ... to reduce total radiation ... stones #calculus #Radiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Consolidation - Lobar ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
of life: A CT ... of a few CT scans ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Comparison