Change: doiaphragmdiaphragms hashave moved up pushing the lung fields off the AEC. The image is degraded (low contrast) associated with scatter radiation. The exposure was made on expiration.The radiographer has selected a manual exposure with an exposure time   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3141)

Change: The arrowed structures are the ostia of the basivertebral veinsIs the Fracture Old or New?This is a commonly asked question. It can be difficult to determine/impossible to radiographically determine whether a   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3140)

Change: expiration because the patient's doiaphragm has moved up pushing the lung fields off the AEC. The image is degraded (low contrast) associated with scatter radiation. The exposure was made on expiration.The radiographer has selected a manual exposure with an exposure   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3096)

Change: --- under construction---IntroductionWedge fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine are commonly seen by radiographers. This page considers all aspects of wedge fractures including radiographic techniques for demonstrating them and plain film and CT pathological appearances of wedge fracturesMechanisms of InjuryAn wedge fracture   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2921)

Change: John H. Harris et al (The Radilogy of Emergency Medicine, 3rd Ed, 1993,p 247, Williams and Wilkins) define the thoracolumbar spine to ïnclude "T12 through   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2893)

Change: to have all of the thoracic and lumbar spine imaged or is the intention to image the region of the thoraco lumbar junction only? If the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2752)

Change: fracture (white arrow). Conversely, the contour of the anterior cortex of the vertebral body is likely to have undergone bony remodelling and smoothing when the fracture is oldSpinal StripeThe anterior cortex of the vertebral body is likely to   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2968)

Change:  This fracture has sharp bony edges consistent with a recent injury.MRI ScanMRI scans are the most accurate way of determining whether a fracture is old or new.Bone marrow edema will   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2939)

Change: This is an extreme example of what can go wrong when performing lateral horizontal ray lumbar spine radiography. The patient is lying on a special   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2911)

Change: Same patient axial CT. Retropulsed fragment arrowed.further information Jose Guerra, Jr., M.D. Steven R. Garfin, M.D. and Donald Resnick, M.D. Vertebral Burst Fractures: CTAnalysis of the Retropulsed Fragment” Radiology 1984; 153: 769-772How Much Wedging is normal?"Vertebral body height: In the normal spine   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2842)