How does your imaging department handle this question. Personally I never get involved unless it’s a code or critical finding. I just inform them please contact radiologist directly, I don’t control them.

I am a current R3 radiology resident (US). Due to personal health concerns, I've had to take a few months off residency (however am still eligible to take CORE at the end of this academic year).

Frankly, I am behind and have not kept up with the reading schedule I should have (haven't finished Mandell, the red core book, for example). I'm embarrassed but also determined to catch up, and would like advice on how to best achieve this before dedicated study period.

I'm doing alright in the reading room, and staff give me good feedback, but I know my book knowledge is behind.

Any advice on how best to catch up or structure my time before March/April next year?

Thank you!

im in my 3rd semester out of 5, in a few weeks i have a ”field day” lab that i can bring things to image.

what are some cool things you’d like to see? something SFW yet more interesting than a phone, key fob, or flowers?

Sister took a fall when her moped’s tire got stuck in the railroad tracks.

Satisfaction of search on call, always nice to have staff dunk on you every once in awhile

I have worked at my current hospital for 3 years now, been a tech for 10 years and I never had an issue with high readings on my badge. In fact I had a great track record of being under 100 mre for all that time.

Typically always monitored with the classic flat film badges, tested every 4 months.

Recently my badge readings have started coming back in the 800s. My last 3 readings including the one I just got back today was in the 800s. I have changed nothing with the way I work, always properly covered for surgery, I rarely hold a patient unless there is virtually no other way, and I do not leave my badge in my car or next to any televisions or microwaves or anything.

Its on my collar all day at work, and then hung up in the same place at my house every night. No changes in years. The only possible change I could think of is that I moved to night shift, and eventually got myself a Nintendo Switch to pass some of the slower nights.

When not in use, it does sit in my work bag, and my radiology badge is in there with it during transportation. Could this be an issue? Does a switch give off radiation like televisions would?

I am just not sure what to do. Because I had such high readings now I am under the microscope of the radiation safety manage, which is also one of our radiologists in house.

I was also under the impression that we are allowed 500 msv per year, and 100 mre is 1 msv. So 5000 mre a year is the limit. Even if I got 800 readings 4 times a year.. still at 2400 mre total... under half the limit. Should I even be worried about it?

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I dislocated my LH second finger and popped it back in, in August. X-rays in October were inconclusive but after a month of PT didn't help I finally got an MRI.

Conclusion: a complete avulsion of the central slip, complete tear of the ulnar collateral ligament, and complete tear/scar remodeling of the A3 and A4 pulleys. Whoops!

Will advances in Doppler technology eliminate the risk of human error?

Anyone have experience doing a spine MRI on a patient with cochlear implants? The implants are MRI conditional.

Happy International day of radiology! Who can guess what I x-rayed here? #radiology #idor #xray #roentgen #radiologie #2024 #blackandwhite #hospital #switzerland

I have an AS in Magnetic resonance imaging. I'm considering getting certified in xray as well. Do I need another AS in order to take the ARRT or can I get a rad tech certificate and use the degree I have already? Basic advice on the best/quickest way to licensure is needed.

Happy International Day of Radiology everyone!

Hi all! I am a first year x-ray student who is struggling with the pa chest. I often get too far above the apecies and clip the costophrenic angles. I tried the whole 1-2 inches above the shoulders thing today but I still kept clipping them! From what I have gathered there should be just a smidge of light above for hypersthenic patients, 1-2 inches above for sthenic patients, and 2 above for asthenic patients...? I'm confused.

Anyway, I heard advice about making sure that the top of the light is at or a little below the c7 (vertebral prominence) of the spine. Is this feasible? Have you found that this works?

Any advice is appreciated. 🙏

Mmmmm. 8hr old crusty, dried out cheese pizza, just as expected......

Any advice on how to capture both structured education and clinical requirements on resume once completed while waiting to take ARRT registry?

Incredibly tough animals. Survived the initial injury and was still chasing does. The limp was bad enough that I initially though another hunter made a bad shot. VetWife believes it may have been a predator bite. [SoCal]

Dual isotope, parathyroid with 123/mibi. SPECT/CT is down so we did a flat field view to look for ectopic tissue. Thank god! Because of that was able to see this gorgeous specimen