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Name Pros and Cons regarding Plain Film
Pros
-Inexpensive
-Fast
-Easily accessible
Cons
-Poor Sensitivity to early disease
-Poor imaging for soft tissue
-Radiation exposure'
-Possible contrast media allergy
What is Computed Tomography?
Imaging that combines x-rays and computers to create "slices" of the body pictures.
Greatly enhanced grey scale
Excellent bone observations
What is a Spiral CT?
CT scan that creates a 3D image
What are the Pros and Cons of CT Scans
-Excellent bone viewing
-Improved soft tissue view
-3 planes of imaging
-usually the best imaging option
-Much more radiation than X-Ray
-Takes longer
-Allergic reaction to contrast media
What is Nuclear Imaging?
Small amount of radioisotope is administered to a patient. The radioisotope is also tagged with another substance to influence it's path through the patients body.
What are the Pros and Cons of Nuclear Imaging?
-Extremely sensitive
-Can provide physiologic information
-Possible earlier diagnosis
-Full body image with one scan
-Not very specific
-Radiation exposure
-Time consuming
What are the Pros and Cons of Ultrasound?
-Real-time
-Can see soft tissue
-Cheap
-NO IONIZING RADIATION, and non-invasive
-Does not image gas or bone
What are the Pros and Cons of MRI
-Best soft tissue imaging
-Can produce 3 plane imaging
-Can be used w/o contrast media
-No ionizing radiation
-Expensive
-Noisy
-Poor for bone viewing
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