Monthly Archives: July 2009

Radiographic Examinations To Detect Cerebral Vascular Disease

Hariette A.W.

As the death of Walter Cronkite shocked the world today due to cerebral vasculaer disease, several radiographic examinations that can detect cerebral vascular disease has been in the lime light once again. The following list below together with their overview of benefits are shown below: Cerebral Angiography or Vertebral Angiogram or Carotid Angiogram: In this radiological diagnostic method a catheter (a long narrow flexible tube) is inserted into the patient’s artery (usually from his/her leg) with the help of a needle and guided through the main vessels of the abdomen and chest until it is placed in the arteries of Click Here To Read More

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Radiographic Planes and Position

Hariette A.W.

1. Coronal Plane or Frontal Plane- any plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections. * Mid-coronal Plane – divides the body into equal anterior and posterior portions. * Mid-axillary Plane – a coronal plane that passes through the axilla at the junction of the arm and when the body when the arm is at 90 degrees of the body. 2. Sagittal Plane – any plane that divides the patient into right and left portions. It is also termed as “Median Plane”. *Mid-Sagittal Plane – divides the body into equal left and right. 3. Transverse or Horizontal Plane Click Here To Read More

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Topographical Landmarks Used in Radiographic Positioning

Hariette A.W.

Topographical Landmarks 1. Acanthion – midline junction of the upper lip and auricle nose. 2. Auricle or Pinna – ear or outer ear. 3. External Acoustic Meatus – external opening into the ear cannal. 4. Glabella – smooth triangular area, superior to the bridge of the nose and between the eyebrows. 5. Gonion – lower posterior angle seen on each side of the jaw or mandible. 6. Infraorbital Margin or IOM – inferior rim of the orbital base. 7. Inion – prominent bump midline at the back of the head. It is also known as ”external occipital protuberance”. 8. Inner Click Here To Read More

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