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Change: This is an LPO rib image taken on a 20 year old male. A manual exposure technique using a fixed mA and an exposure time of 1.6 seconds has been employed with
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Jun 28 2009, 4:05 AM EDT
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Change: ifin favour of Rib RadiographyPointCommentFractures of the first rib are associated with mediastinal/vascular injury.This contention is not universally supported by researchFractures of the lower ribs are associated with trauma to the abdominal visceraThese patients should be considered for CT imagingA flail
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Jun 27 2009, 6:33 AM EDT
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Change: This DR LPO rib image was produced with a philips Digital Diagnost DR release 1. The image was laser printed then photographed before importing into Wikiradiography. This process has seen it lose much of its quality. Despite these limitations of reproduction, the quality of the image shines through.A
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Jun 4 2009, 9:52 PM EDT
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Change: source: unknownThere are normally 12 pairs of ribs. Additional ribs can be present in the form of cervical ribs and 13th ribs. The ribs that are most obvious on a PA/AP chest image are the posterior ribs.The Appropriateness of Rib RadiographyThe ACR suggest that
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Jun 4 2009, 8:11 PM EDT
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Change: The ribs that are most obvious on a PA/AP chest image are the posterior ribs.The Appropriateness of Rib RadiographyThe ACR suggest that rib radiography is more appropriate in children than adults. They note the following."While rib fractures can produce significant
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Jun 4 2009, 8:06 PM EDT
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Change: There are normally 12 pairs of ribs. Additional ribs can be present in the form of cervical ribs and 13th ribs. The Appropriateness of Rib RadiographyThe ACR suggest that rib radiography is more appropriate in children than adults. They note the following."While rib fractures
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Jun 4 2009, 7:50 PM EDT
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Change: It is good practice to examine the ribs and lungs whenever they are demonstrated. This AP cervical spine image demonstrates a right second rib fracture (black arrow) and a pneumothorax (white arrow). Rib fractures can also be demonstrated on shoulder images.Film-Screen TechniqueThis is a LPO
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Jun 4 2009, 7:41 PM EDT
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Change: This image demonstrates an old rib fracture. The presence of callus new bone formation around the fracture indicates that it is a healing fracture.Film-Screen TechniqueThis is a LPO rib position image taken in the supine oblique
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Jun 4 2009, 7:34 PM EDT
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Change: ereterect position (movement unsharpness)Long Exposure Time techniqueThese images compare a short expposureexposure time technique with a long exposure time technique. Note also the increased contrast demonstrated in the long exposure time image- this is associated with a lower kVp.Film-Screen TechniqueThis is a
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Jun 4 2009, 7:33 PM EDT
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Change: of the left posterior ribs are demonstrated. This is a CT chest 3D reconstruction. Multipe pairs of adjacent posterior rib fractures are demonstrated on the right indicating a flail segment. ...back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography home page
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Jun 4 2009, 7:31 PM EDT
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Jun 4 2009, 7:31 PM EDT
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Change: This is a LPO rib position image taken in the supine oblique position using a film-screen technique. A long exposure time technique has been employed.
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Jun 4 2009, 6:59 PM EDT
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Change: Long exposure time rib views should not be attempted in the eret position (movement unsharpness)DR ImagingDR imaging of ribs tends to produce images of a very high quality. This is an LPO
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Change: (digital radiography kVps can be higher)DR ImagingDR imaging of ribs tends to produce images of a very high quality. This is an LPO rib image on a
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Jun 4 2009, 9:52 AM EDT
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Change: riberib fractures can be very effective. One study which compared rib radiography with ultrasound imaggimaging of patients with acueacute riberib injuries reported the followingfollowing;"At presentation, radiographs revealed eight rib fractures in six ( I
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Jun 4 2009, 9:50 AM EDT
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Change: "At presentation, radiographs revealed eight rib fractures in six ( I 2%) of 50 patients and sonography revealed 83 rib fractures in 39 (78%) of
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Change: The motion of the heart and great vessels tend to blur the thoracic viscera leaving the bony anatomy in sharp relief.This enlarged image demonstrates the blurring effect associated with a long exposure technique- the soft
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Change: low kVp's should be employed; 60 - 65 kVp for upper ribs and 70 - 75 kVp for lower ribsDR ImagingDR imaging of ribs tends to produce images of a very high quality. This
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Change: A flail chest may not be clinically evident in some patients, particularly obese patientspatients with ribs fractures identified radiographically are more likely to receive appropriate pain reliefidentification of multiple rib fractures can have management implicationsrib fractures in children have high association with NAITechnique NotesA
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