Applied Radiography - by M.J.Fuller

"understanding what you are seeing is its own reward - image interpretation skills add an extra dimension to your work and afford additional meaning to your role."

These articles written by <a href="/account/M.J.Fuller" target="_self">M.J.Fuller</a> involve case studies, techniques and image evaluation for both the student and seasoned radiographer.

Radiographic Technique General Radiographic Terminology Conventions, Customs, Cultures, Common Practices and Quirks in Radiography Aluminium Filter Techniques in Radiography Radiography in the Round Top 20 Tips for Radiography in the Operating Theatre Artifacts and Artefacts Using the Lead Snake to reduce Scatter Radiation Imaging Nail Gun Injuries Passe Radiography Geometric Concepts in Radiography Foreign Body Radiography Radiography for Ingested/Aspirated Foreign Bodies Sesamoid Bone Radiography Breathing Exposure Techniques in Radiography VP Shunt Radiography Orthopaedic Clinic Radiography Mach Bands Combination Shadows CR vs DR image quality Harris Growth Arrest Lines High Contrast is not always Good ! Upper Extremities Imaging Severe Hand Trauma What Constitutes a True Lateral Wrist Position? Functional Views of the Wrist Scaphoid Radiography Imaging Radial Head Fractures Imaging Supracondylar Fractures of the Elbow Elbow Supracondylar fractures- Cases The Lateral Elbow Orthopaedic Clinic Wrist Radiography Is the Screw in the Joint? Carpal Tunnel Radiography Finger Radiography Lower Extremities Supine Intercondylar Knee Radiography The Skyline Patella Projection Lateral Toe Radiography Lateral Ankle Radiography The Lateral Ankle Trap Imaging Talar Fractures Tarsal Bone Fractures Imaging Tibial Plateau Fractures Lateral Knee Radiography Imaging Calcaneal Fractures Abdomen Neonatal Abdominal Radiography Neonatal Tubes, Lines and Catheters Nasogastric tube position confirmation The Lateral Decubitus Abdominal Plain Film Abdominal Calcifications Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal Plain Film Anatomy Abdominal Artifacts and Devices Abdominal Radiography of the Morbidly Obese Patient Pelvis Modified Trauma Lateral Hip Radiography Pubic Rami Fractures Judets Views Radiography of Hip Dislocations Periprosthetic Hip Fractures Spine Lumbar Lumbar Spine Radiography Lateral Lumbar Spine Radiography Lumbar Spine AP Breathing Technique Lateral Lumbar Spine Breathing Technique Lumbar Spine Obliques Imaging Wedge Fractures Thoracic AP Thoracic Spine Breathing Technique The Swimmers View Modified Lateral Thoracic Spine Technique Imaging Wedge Fractures Cervical Oblique Cervical Spine Technique Trauma Obliques of the Cervical Spine Trauma Lateral cervical Spine The Odontoid Peg Projection Odontoid-Lateral Mass Asymmetry The Swimmers Technique Transthoracic Lateral Shoulder Lateral Soft Tissue Neck for Foreign Body Flexion and Extension Cervical Spine Radiography Shoulder Clavicle Radiography Lateral Scapula Radiography Shoulder- SI vs Lateral Scapula Radiography of the Bicipital Groove Imaging Shoulder Dislocations Acromioclavicular Joint Radiography Imaging Scapular Fractures [[Oblique Shoulder for Scapular Fractures|Oblique Shoulder for Scapular Fractures]] Imaging Coracoid Process Fractures Neck of Humerus Fractures [[The SI Projection of the Trauma Shoulder|The SI Projection of the Trauma Shoulder]] [[Breathing Technique for Demonstration of the Scapula|Breathing Technique for Demonstration of the Scapula]] Chest Lateral Sternum from Lateral Chest - Digital Double Dipping Sternum Radiography Lateral Chest Paravertebral Gutter Positioning Technique Notes on Chest Radiography Notes on Paediatric Chest Radiography Lateral Chest X-ray Digital Double-Dipping Lordotic Chest Technique Nasogastric tube position confirmation Nasogastric tube psoition confirmation II Digital Double Dipping in Chest Trauma Radiography Rib Radiography Chest Radiography for Inhaled Foreign Body Paediatric Chest Radiography Positioning Aids Lateral Soft Tissue Neck for Foreign Body Skull and Face The "Leaning Tower" view of the Paranasal Sinuses Lateral Facial Bones Technique Slit Basal and Teacup Views of the Zygoma Imaging mandibular fractures Radiography of Intracranial devices Radiography of VP Shunts Radiography of Orbital Foreign Bodies Facial Bone Radiography Radiography in the Neonatal Unit Neonatal Abdominal Radiography Technique Neonatal Abdominal Pathology Neonatal Tubes, Lines and Catheters Neonatal Chest Radiography Neonatal Chest Pathology Hyaline Membrane Disease (syn RDS) and BPD Positioning Aids and Radiographic Accessories Using the Lead Snake to Reduce Radiation Scatter The Fronsko dripstand Base The Smart Cone Leddra Skyline Patella View Cassette Holder Supine Intercondylar Knee Radiography Bucky Markers The Stent Board Head Clamps for Skull Radiography The Binocular Cone Using Baker Cones in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Aluminium Filter Techniques in Radiography Radiography in the Round Using the Lead Snake to reduce Scatter Radiation Named Radiographic Techniques Fuch's View of the Odontoid Process Paediatrics Chest Radiography for Inhaled Foreign Body Normal Paediatric Anatomy Elbow Shoulder Hip Femur Fluoroscopic Procedures Arthrography -Wrist -Shoulder -Elbow Myelography - lumbar - thoracic - Cervical Discography -Lumbar -Cervical Facet Joint Injection -Lumbar -Cervical Trigeminal Nerve block Hysterosalpingogram Dacrocystography Micturating Cystourethogram Urethrography Cystogram T-tube cholangiogram ERCP Venogram Gastrostomy Tube check Anatomy ankle Chest Radiography in the Operating Theatre Top 20 Tips for Radiography in the Operating Theatre Wrist Volar Plate Elbow Olecranon FractureTension Banding Abdomen Laparoscopic Cholangiography ERCP Quality Control Simple Quality Control Testing Artifacts and Artefacts Other Preparing Images for the Web in Photoshop Mach Bands and other Optical Illusions X-ray Room Design

Image Evaluation, Pathology, Normal Variants General osteochondroses Salter-Harris Fractures Patterns of Misdiagnosis in Plain Film Radiography The Peripheral Pathology Fracture Types and Mechanisms of Injury Soft Tissue Calcification Soft Tissue Signs in Orthopaedics Soft Tissue Signs-The ElbowSoft Tissue Signs- KneeSoft Tissue Signs- Knee Trauma Soft Tissue Signs- knee nontrauma Soft Tissue Signs-The Ankle Soft Tissue Signs- Wrist Soft Tissue Signs- Shoulder Soft Tissue Signs- Thoracic Spine Soft Tissue Signs- Skull and Facial Bones Soft Tissue Signs- Cervical Spine Lipohaemarthrosis Satisfaction Syndrome Orthopaedic Internal Fixation Failure Orthopaedic Scews, Plates and Prosthesis Mechanisms of Injury fall onto an outstretched hand Bone Tumours and Tumour-like Lesions Osteopaenia and Osteoporosis sesamoid bone radiography Systemic Disease Renal osteodystrophy Rickets Pagets Disease Arthritidies Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Charcot's Joints Gout Upper Extremities The forearm Monteggia and Galeazzi fracture-dislocations of the forearm The Elbow The Paediatric Elbow Imaging Radial Head Fractures The Axial Elbow View Medial Epicondyle Fractures Elbow Dislocations Lateral Condylar Elbow Fractures Imaging Olecranon Fractures Radial Head Dislocations Imaging Supracondylar Fractures of the Elbow Coronoid Process Fractures The Wrist Paediatric Wrist Trauma Radiography of subtle wrist fractures Subluxation of the Distal Radio-ulnar Joint Wrist Measurements Colles' Fracture Dislocations and Subluxations of the Carpus Lunate and Perilunate dislocations DISI and VISI Deformities Functional Views of the Wrist Imaging Carpal Bone Fractures Imaging Scaphoid Fractures Triquetral Fractures Hamate Fractures Pisiform Fractures Lunate Fractures The Hand Imaging Severe Hand Trauma Thumb Fractures Metacarpal Fractures Lower Extremities Knee Pellegrini-Stieda Disease Calcaneal Fractures Posterior Malleolus Fractures Dislocations and subluxations of the knee Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dislocation Osgood Schlatter Disease Segond Fracture Snow Globe Effect Patellar Fractures and Dislocations The Patella- Normal Anatomical Variants Quadriceps Tendon Rupture Ankle The Lateral Ankle Trap Talus Fractures Posterior Malleolus Fractures of the Ankle Maisonneuve Fracture Foot Talus Fractures Fifth Metatarsal Fractures Tarsal Bone Fractures Calcaneal Fractures Lisfranc's Fracture Abdomen Normal Plain Film Abdominal Anatomy Abdominal Calcifications - Gallstones Common abdominal pathologies an Normal Anatomical Variants The Abdominal Plain Film in Clinical Context Abdominal Plain Film Terminology The Erect Abdominal Plain Film The Abdominal Plain Film- Differentiating Large and Small Bowel The Abdominal Plain Film- Ileus The Abdominal Plain Film- Gasless vs Featureless Pneumoperitoneum Pneumoperitoneum- Radiographic Techniques Pneumoperitoneum Cases Nasogastric Tube Position Confirmation Small Bowel Obstruction Large Bowel Obstruction The Abdominal Plain Film- Appendicitis The Abdominal Plain Film- Intramural Gas The Abdominal Plain Film- Emphysematous Cystitis Normal Bowel Patterns in Sedentary Patients Imaging Abdominal Hernias Imaging Incisional Hernias Neonatal Tubes, Lines and Catheters Neonatal Abdominal Pathology Toxic megacolon Pelvis Pelvis Anatomy, Artifacts Normal Variants Pelvic Calcifications Pelvis Trauma Radiography Neck of Femur Fractures Neck of Femur Fractures- Cases Pubic Rami Fractures Paediatric Hip Pathology Spine Common Cervical Spine fractures Terminology- the "spondyls" Lateral Soft Tissue Neck for Foreign Body Shoulder Clavicle Radiography Vacuum Phenomenon of the Shoulder Imaging Shoulder Dislocations Imaging Scapular Fractures Bankart and Hill-Sachs Lesions Chest Interstitial vs Alveolar Patterns Pneumothorax Pneumothoraces Pneumothorax Cases Pneumothorax Self-test The Supine Pneumothorax Pneumomediastinum Cardiac Calcifications Pleural Effusions Chest Anatomy Lymphangitis carcinomatosis Imaging Subpulmonic Effusions Dextracardia in the Resus Room Neonatal Chest Pathology What is the Value of the Lateral Chest Projection? Nasogastric tube position confirmation Chest Normal Anatomical Variants Juxtaphrenic Peaks Coarctation of the Aorta Causes of Asymmetrical Lung Density Lung Fissures Lateral Soft Tissue Neck for Foreign Body Diaphragmatic Hernias Patterns of Consolidation Lung Anatomy False Consolidation RUL RML RLL LUL LLL Patterns of Collapse Lung Anatomy RUL RML RLL LUL LLL Multi-lobar Collapse Named Fractures, Pathologies, Signs and Normal Variants A Anterior Triangle sign Arcuate Sign B Bennett Fracture C Colles' Fracture Calcium Sign D Dupuytren's Fracture E Ewart's sign F Flat Waist sign free spine sign J Jones Fracture L Luftsichel Sign Lipohaemarthrosis Lisfranc's Fracture M Maisonneuve Fracture Madelungs Deformity Mayersbach sign N Nightstick Fracture Nutcracker Fracture of the Cuboid O Open Book Fracture Osgood Schlatter Disease P Pneumothorax R Reverse Bennett Fracture S Segond Fracture 'S' sign of Golden Snow Globe Effect T The Terry-Thomas Sign Tenneb Fracture Toxic megacolon U Ulnar Bennett Fracture W Westermark Sign Image Interpretation Self Testing - with answers Chest Trauma 1 Chest Trauma 2 Acute Abdomen 1 Knee Trauma 1 Elbow Trauma 1 Image Interpretation -without answers Ankle Trauma 1 (level 1-10) Ankle Trauma 2 (level 1-10) Ankle Trauma 3 (level 1-10) Ankle Trauma 4 (level 1 - 3) Ankle Trauma 5 (level 5 -10) Knee Trauma 1 E (level 5 -10) Wrist Trauma 1E (level 4 - 10)

Normal Paediatric Anatomy (under Construction) Upper Limb Hand Wrist Elbow Shoulder Lower Limb Foot Ankle Knee Hip/Pelvis Spine Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Skull/Face AP Lateral Chest PA Lateral

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