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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
) — Head 2 mSv 8 ... ) — Head, repeated ... ) — Lung Cancer ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
consider better imaging—from ... Care UltraSound (POCUS ... ) to CT or MRI. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Overriding aorta ... typical boot shaped heart ... caused the upturned ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #pediatrics #cardiology
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
1 mSv 50 CXRs Head ... Chest CT 3 mSv ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
X-ray 0.01 mSv ... 1 day Head CT 2 ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... knowledge about imaging ... in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Figure of 3 Sign - Coarctation of the Aorta on Chest X-Ray

The figure of 3 sign
on Chest X-Ray ... rib notching is caused ... Commonly seen in long-standing ... #Chest #XRay #clinical ... #radiology #pediatrics
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Imaging: 1. ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #management #cardiology
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... erosion into the aorta ... : • Chest Xray ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... Noninfectious Causes
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... of the femoral head ... serum cortisol Imaging ... is suspected: chest ... x-ray and/or CT