DXI III Exam 2 Chest Latest Update
Questions with Answers
What is the primary purpose of radionuclide scanning? - ✔✔Diagnosing
pulmonary embolism
What nuclear material is used for a radionuclide scanning? - ✔✔Gallium 67
What are the primary bacteria involved with pulmonary infection? - ✔✔Pneumocystis
carinii Sarcoidosis
What nuclide is used in PET scans? - ✔✔Fluorodeoxyglucose
PET scanning is an imaging modality is used to view what? - ✔✔Metabolic activity
What is Pulmonary Angiography used to evaluate? - ✔✔AV malformations
Infarctions
Tumors
What are the advantages of MRI? - ✔✔Superior contrast resolution
Multiplanar imaging
Superior to CT in Dx of chest wall and mediastinal disorders
What are the disadvantages of MRI? - ✔✔Limited spatial resolution
Inability to detect calcification
Difficulty imaging pulmonary parenchyma
More costly and time consuming than CT
,What are some indications for MRI? - ✔✔Evaluation of:
aortic disease
mediastinal, vascular and chest wall invasions of lung
cancers posterior mediastinal masses
Assesment of superior sulcus tumors (pancoast tumor)
Staging of lung cancers
What is fine needle biopsy used for? - ✔✔To take a tissue sample for histological typing
of pulmonary, pleural or mediastinal lesions
Fine needle biopsy is performed under the guidance of what imaging modalities? - ✔✔CT
Fluoroscopy
Ultrasound
What areas are used with ultrasound? - ✔✔Pleural disease
Conditions near the diaphragm
Peripheral parenchyma
Mediastinal lesions
Prenic nerve paralysis
Subpulmonic and subphrenic abscess
What are the radiographic qualities you must check for a chest x-ray? - ✔✔Proper
patient positioning
The whole chest is visible
Assess technique quality
, What are the technical assessments for a chest x-ray? - ✔✔Underexposed
Overexposed
Underpenetrated
What the things that govern density of the lungs? - ✔✔Amount of air in the
lungs Interstitial markings
Amount of tissue on the chest wall
mAs
kVp
What are structures outside the chest wall? - ✔✔Soft tissues surrounding the thorax
What are the osseous structures in a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Ribs
Clavicle
Sternum
What is the lung anatomy for a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Lungs/Lobes/Lobar
anatomy Pleura
Bonchovascular markings
What is the mediastinal anatomy for a chest radiograph? -
✔✔Heart Trachea
What are some chest wall structures for a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Breast shadows
Nipple shadows
Axillary folds
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Questions with Answers
What is the primary purpose of radionuclide scanning? - ✔✔Diagnosing
pulmonary embolism
What nuclear material is used for a radionuclide scanning? - ✔✔Gallium 67
What are the primary bacteria involved with pulmonary infection? - ✔✔Pneumocystis
carinii Sarcoidosis
What nuclide is used in PET scans? - ✔✔Fluorodeoxyglucose
PET scanning is an imaging modality is used to view what? - ✔✔Metabolic activity
What is Pulmonary Angiography used to evaluate? - ✔✔AV malformations
Infarctions
Tumors
What are the advantages of MRI? - ✔✔Superior contrast resolution
Multiplanar imaging
Superior to CT in Dx of chest wall and mediastinal disorders
What are the disadvantages of MRI? - ✔✔Limited spatial resolution
Inability to detect calcification
Difficulty imaging pulmonary parenchyma
More costly and time consuming than CT
,What are some indications for MRI? - ✔✔Evaluation of:
aortic disease
mediastinal, vascular and chest wall invasions of lung
cancers posterior mediastinal masses
Assesment of superior sulcus tumors (pancoast tumor)
Staging of lung cancers
What is fine needle biopsy used for? - ✔✔To take a tissue sample for histological typing
of pulmonary, pleural or mediastinal lesions
Fine needle biopsy is performed under the guidance of what imaging modalities? - ✔✔CT
Fluoroscopy
Ultrasound
What areas are used with ultrasound? - ✔✔Pleural disease
Conditions near the diaphragm
Peripheral parenchyma
Mediastinal lesions
Prenic nerve paralysis
Subpulmonic and subphrenic abscess
What are the radiographic qualities you must check for a chest x-ray? - ✔✔Proper
patient positioning
The whole chest is visible
Assess technique quality
, What are the technical assessments for a chest x-ray? - ✔✔Underexposed
Overexposed
Underpenetrated
What the things that govern density of the lungs? - ✔✔Amount of air in the
lungs Interstitial markings
Amount of tissue on the chest wall
mAs
kVp
What are structures outside the chest wall? - ✔✔Soft tissues surrounding the thorax
What are the osseous structures in a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Ribs
Clavicle
Sternum
What is the lung anatomy for a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Lungs/Lobes/Lobar
anatomy Pleura
Bonchovascular markings
What is the mediastinal anatomy for a chest radiograph? -
✔✔Heart Trachea
What are some chest wall structures for a chest radiograph? - ✔✔Breast shadows
Nipple shadows
Axillary folds
SCM
