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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years CHEST ... 6 months - Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Background #Radiation ... #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
14th CXRs 2-view chest ... 200 CXRs Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Background #Radiation ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... 4 days Chest ... X-ray 0.01 mSv 1 ... 8 months Chest ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Hill-Sachs Lesion on Ultrasound 

Unlike normal variant irregular bare area (arrowhead) under infraspinatus, a Hill-Sachs lesion
dislocation involves the humeral ... Lesion #Ultrasound #MSK ... #POCUS #Humerus ... #Clinical #Comparison ... #XRay
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
at an elbow x-ray ... pads (anterior & posterior ... Fracture #Elbow #Humerus ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
Posterior Elbow ... olecranon relative to humerus ... #Dislocation #Posterior ... #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
or ‘hypoechoic’ background ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... #POCUS #Atlas # ... Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction on POCUS

Shoulder scan, convex transducer, top of screen is posterior for
and Reduction on POCUS ... top of screen is posterior ... anteriorly dislocated humerus ... clinical #ultrasound #msk ... #radiology #labeled