Clark's Pocket Handbook for Radiographers

Description

Drawn from the bestselling Clark's Positioning in Radiography, this pocket handbook provides clear and practical advice to help radiographers in their day-to-day work. Designed for rapid reference, it covers how to position the patient and the central ray, describes the essential image characteristics and illustrates each radiographic projection with a positioning photograph and a radiograph.

Features

• Offers a practical, hands-on guide
• Provides a systematic approach, covering all commonly encountered projections
• Illustrates subject matter with clear photographs and corresponding radiographs for each projection
• Includes image evaluation, medical abbreviations, relevant normal blood values, diagnostic reference levels and radiation protection

Contents

Key Aspects of Radiographic Practice. Anatomical Terminology. Positioning Terminology. Projection Terminology. General Considerations for the Conduct of Radiographic Examinations. Patient identification and Consent. Justification of Examination. Radiation Protection. Pregnancy. Evaluating Images: The 10-Point Plan. Examination Timeline. Guidelines for the Assessment of Trauma. Theatre Radiography. Radiographic Projections. Acromioclavicular joint. Abdomen. Ankle: Lateral. Calcanium. Cervical Spine. Chest. Clavicle. Coccyx Lat. Elbow. Facial Bones. Femur. Fingers. Foot. Forearm. Hand. Hip. Humerus. Knee. Lumbar Spine. Mandible. Orbits. OPG. Pelvis. Sacroiliac. Joints. Sacrum. Scaphoid. Shoulder. Sinuses. Skull. Sternum. Thumb. Thoracic Spine. Thumb: Lateral. Tibia & Fibula. Toes. Wrist. Zygomatic arches. Useful Information for Radiographic Practice. Non Imaging Diagnostic Tests. Medical Terminology. Abbreviations.