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Entries for September, 2008

What You Need to Know About Trauma Radiography

Importance of Trauma Radiography assist the radiographer to develop an understanding of the imaging equipment utilized in trauma explain the role of the radiographers as a vital part of the ER team present common radiographic procedures performed on trauma patients  Trauma – defined as a sudden, unexpected, dramatic, forceful or violent event- ranks as the [...]

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Things to Consider During Trauma Radiography

These are the things to consider when performing trauma radiography. These must be observe at all times so as to to perform the examinations correctly and efficiently. Speed – trauma radiographers must produce quality images in the shortest amount of time. Rapidity in performing diagnostic procedures is critical to saving the patients life. Accuracy – [...]

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Checking the Gamma Camera Performance

There are a lot of factors to consider when checking for the performance of the gamma camera. These factors are summarized and listed below. SPATIAL RESOLUTION Intrinsic spatial resolution defines the ability of the uncollimated scintillation camera to determine accurately the original location of the gamma camera ray on an X-Y plane. Causes of Intrinsic [...]

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