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TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
or ‘hypoechoic’ background ... a hyperechoic background ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... #POCUS #Atlas # ... Clinical #Radiology #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
view chest 0.02 mSv ... 99m radionuclide bone ... scan 6.2 mSv 310 ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years BONE ... S IMAGING - Bone ... ’S IMAGING - Bone ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Top left: probe is positioned in the longitudinal paramedian plane. Top right: sacrum is seen as
the longitudinal paramedian ... The vertebral body-posterior ... PainManagement #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Spinal ... Epidural #Anesthesia #Paramedian
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
compares to the background ... cells taking in 8 mSV ... s use the same analogy ... happen to your body ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT #Comparison