Main description:

A comprehensive, carry-anywhere review of routine imaging procedures, projections, and positioning terminology

• Each two-sided card includes a high-quality photograph of correct patient positioning with details of the projection and the corresponding X-ray, technical information, and image evaluation criteria
• Most cards include a high-resolution radiographicimage and photographs demonstrating each position/projection
• Great for use as a radiography procedures course review or as a clinical refresher prior to taking a patient's X-ray

Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments

Importance of Standard Precautions
Clinical History Documentation
General Imaging Rules
Imaging Information
Units of Radiation and ALARA Principles
Radiographic Planes
General Radiographic Terms and Radiographic Projections
Projection Terms and General Body Positions
Specific Body Positions and Relationship Terms
Terms Related to Movement
External Body Landmarks
Factors Controlling Image Quality: Digital
Factors Affecting Image Quality: Analog
Shapes and Size Distortion
Chest and Upper Airway Imaging
Abdomen Imaging
Upper Extremity Imaging
Shoulder Girdle
Lower Extremity Imaging
Bones of the Hip and Pelvis
Positioning Tips and Proximal
Femur with Leg Rotation
Imaging the Bony Thorax
Imaging the Vertebral Spine
Curves of the Vertebral Column and Spinal Terminology
Imaging the Skull, Sincuses, and Facial Bones
Skull: Planes and Projections
Skull: Baselines
Skull: Landmarks and Projections
Imaging the Sinuses
Summary Projections of the Sinuses
Summary of Projections of the Facial Bones

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