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Introduction to Medical Imaging

Introduction to Medical Imaging. Jeff Benseler, D.O. Objectives. How do x-rays create an image of internal body structures? What are the 5 basic radiographic densities? Try your hand at interpreting several medical imaging cases. List of diagnostic imaging studies. Plain x-rays CT scan

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Introduction to Medical Imaging

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  1. Introduction to Medical Imaging Jeff Benseler, D.O.

  2. Objectives • How do x-rays create an image of internal body structures? • What are the 5 basic radiographic densities? • Try your hand at interpreting several medical imaging cases.

  3. List of diagnostic imaging studies • Plain x-rays • CT scan • MRI • Nuclear imaging/PET • Ultrasound • Mammography • Angiography • Fluoroscopy Which of these modalities use ionizing radiation?

  4. What are x-rays? • No mass • No charge • Energy What is your diagnosis?

  5. Basic x-ray physics • X-rays: a form of electromagnetic energy • Travel at the speed of light • Electromagnetic spectrum • Gamma Rays X-rays • Visible light Infrared light • Microwaves Radar • Radio waves

  6. Three things can happen • X-rays can: • Pass all the way through the body • Be deflected or scattered • Be absorbed Where on this image have x-rays passed through the body to the greatest degree?

  7. X-rays Passing Through Tissue • Depends on the energy of the x-ray and the atomic number of the tissue • Higher energy x-ray - more likely to pass through • Higher atomic number - more likely to absorb the x-ray Diagnosis?

  8. How do x-rays passing through the body create an image? • X-rays that pass through the body to the film render the film dark (black) • X-rays that are totally blocked do not reach the film and render the film light (white) • Air = low atomic # = x-rays get through = image is dark • Metal = high atomic # = x-rays blocked = image is light (white)

  9. 5 Basic Radiographic Densities 1. • Air • Fat • Soft tissue/fluid • Mineral • Metal 4. 5. 2. 3. Name these radiographic densities.

  10. History: “I think my dog swallowed a rock” Diagnosis: “Yes, he did.”

  11. Optimal Viewing • Dedicated light source • Darkened environment (like a movie theater) • Limit distraction

  12. X-ray viewing station

  13. Diagnosis?

  14. A broken central venous catheter has migrated into the right lower lobe pulmonary artery

  15. Can you recognize shapes and density?

  16. Find the pathology What clues do you have?

  17. Medical Imaging • Primary purpose is to identify pathologic conditions. • Requires recognition of normal anatomy.

  18. History: 11 y/o twisting injury of the foot

  19. Please name these bones 1. 2. 3. Word bank: Cuboid Navicular Medial cuneiform Os naviculare 4.

  20. Naming the parts of a long bone Distal 3. 2. 1. Proximal Word bank: epiphysis, metaphysis, diaphysis, cortex, medullary cavity

  21. Summary: How do x-rays create an image of internal body structures? • X-rays pass through the body to varying degrees • Higher atomic number structures block x-rays better, example bone. • Lower atomic number structures allow x-rays to pass through, example: air in the lungs. Question: If x-rays were blocked to the same degree by all body structures, could we see the internal parts of the body?

  22. What are the 5 basic radiographic densities from black to bright white? • Air • Fat • Soft tissue/fluid • Bone/mineral • Metal

  23. Ways to improve your radiology skills • The Radiology Handbook • Learningradioilogy.com • Auntminnie.com • Web searches with key words “medical imaging” • Surf the websites of medical schools

  24. What density are the lungs? Why? The list: air, fat, soft tissue, mineral and metal

  25. air CT scan of the abdomen X-rays used skin What density is this?

  26. Di Diagnosis?

  27. Radiographic Analysis • Any structure, normal or pathologic, should be analyzed for: • Size • Shape and contour • Position • Density (You must know the 5 basic densities)

  28. The anatomical position left right

  29. Absorbed Passed through

  30. Medullary bone Soft tissue Metal Note: Right-left marker Technologist’s initials

  31. 3 Name these densities 4 1 2

  32. What density is this?

  33. Summary questions • What 3 things when an x-ray encounters the body? • How is it possible to see the heart on an x-ray? • What are the 5 basic radiographic densities? • What three things can you do to protect yourself from radiation?

  34. Questions for me?

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