Radiographic Image Analysis Ch.1 - Guidelines
What are the 7 characteristics of an "optimal image" -
1. Demographic information
2. Correct markers in the appropriate position without superimposing volume of interest
3. Desired anatomic structures in accurate alignment with each other
4. Maximum geometric integrity
5. Appropriate radiation protection
6. Best possible contrast resolution with minimal noise
7. No preventable artifacts
T or F:
Display torso, vertebral, cranial shoulder shoulder and hip projections and hip projections as if the
patient were standing in an upright position. -
TRUE
T or F:
AP, PA, and AP-PA Oblique projections of the torso vertebrae and cranium are displayed are displayed
as if the viewer in the patient are facing one another. The right side of the patients image is on the
viewers left, and the left side of the patients image is on the viewers right. is on the viewers right. -
TRUE
T or F:
Accurately display lateral projections are displayed in the same manner as the technologist view the
patient when obtaining the projection. For a right lateral the patient faces the viewers left side in for a
left lateral the patient face of the viewers right side. -
TRUE
T or F: when a left lateral chest projection is displayed often reviewers prefer the left lateral projection
to be displayed as if taken in the right lateral projection. -
true
T or F: AP or PA lateral decubitus chest and abdomen projections are turned to be displayed so that the
side of the patient that was positioned upward with the projection was taken is upward on the displayed
projection. -
true
infero-superior axial shoulder and axiolateral hip projections are displayed so the patient's anterior
surfaces is _____, and the posterior surface is _______. -
up
down
T or F: extremity projections are displayed as if the viewers eyes were going through the projection in
the same manner the CR went through the extremity when the projection was taken. -
TRUE
