Radiographic Image AnalysisElsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2006 - Medical - 661 pages - Along with the textbook, provides a complete guide to evaluating radiographs and troubleshooting positioning and technique errors, increasing the likelihood of getting a good image on the first try.
- Presents bonus poor-quality images beyond those in the text with questions on what to look for during the image analysis process.
- Provides learning objectives describing the goals students should achieve after studying the text and completing the workbook activities.
- Offers exercises covering both positioning and technique errors, as these problems are likely to occur together in the clinical environment.
- Offers study questions for each procedure, asking what positioning errors produced poor-quality images and what adjustments should be made. Question formats include labeling, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and short answer. An answer key is provided at the end of each chapter.
- Technique and positioning adjustments required by computed radiography.
- Pediatric radiography, covering radiation protection and the special problems of obtaining high-quality images of pediatric patients.
- Evaluation criteria related to technique factors, which historically account for 60%-70% of retakes.
- New chapter on evaluation of images of the digestive system.
- Exercises in trauma and non-routine radiography to correct poor-quality images in trauma and mobile situations.
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