It is a well known fact in the radiology community that the amount of radiation from a CT is much higher than that of a traditional x-ray. Doctors working in emergency rooms order numerous CT scans each day hoping to diagnose, save lives, and avoid law suits. Working in CT in a busy ER there is never a shortage of patients who have orders for ...

When I graduated from x-ray school I was eager to take a job where I could work with students. I am a teacher at heart and fresh off the student wagon I hoped I could make a difference in someone’s education like so many folks had done for me. For this past year and five months this hasn’t been possible because of my schedule. Most students rotate ...

You can’t go anywhere without seeing someone looking down at their handheld smart phone. Whether we're texting, playing a game or surfing the Web, many of us have become completely dependent on this technology. It has many practical uses; one of the newest is mobile applications in radiology. A radiologist can access a patient’s current exam, ...

The crisp, cool air is telling us that fall has arrived, and with this change in seasons comes the eagerly anticipated start of football season. Many of us wonder how we lived without it for so many months. Whether you prefer college, the pros, or both, this is the time of year you've been waiting for. I grew up in a home with two parents who ...

I had a great weekend back at work. Everyone was very happy to see me and even people in other departments stopped by to welcome me back. This felt great! It really is true that a vacation can make all the difference when you are stressed out from work. I thought I'd have a tough time readjusting to my schedule after being on vacation, but this ...

This week I saw my first patient refuse her CT scan due to her concerns of receiving too much radiation. She stated that she has had numerous scans recently and knows that the radiation can be dangerous. This led me to research this topic a bit and gather some more information so I could be better informed. I found an article in USA Today that ...

This past weekend, I had one of those “ah-ha moments.” This was a moment when some of what I’ve learned about doing a CTA chest exam for pulmonary embolism (PE) was applied to doing a CTA chest for aortic dissection. I have mastered a chest to rule out PE, but we just got new protocol for ruling out dissection, and I had not even mastered the old ...