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December 24, 2008 on 5:31 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: mmartinez527
Subject: First Clinical
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:41 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 0

Can someone please share there experience as a first-time clinical student. I recently completed my first semester and just received my grade in clinical. I'm not happy with my grade and would love some advice. My instructors have advised me that when I am in the clinic I need to be more agressive. They told me that noone is going to ask me to perform specific tasks...it is up to me to kind of push my way in. I'm primarily talking about triangulation. The therapists I am working with now, automatically triangulate/biangulate the patient...i was told that I should literally force my way in and take control of the table. Is this what the therapists are expecting me to do...obviously I want to make there jobs easier, but I thought they would kind of instruct me on what they expect me to be doing. Should I discuss this with the therapists I'm working with or just take more initiative. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Radiology Student Chat Zone :: RE: Question for Papa

December 24, 2008 on 5:31 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: newstudent
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:24 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

Hello!, I must have just missed you, as seen you've just replied.

Yes, I think maybe I am getting a little confused.

Prior to starting my program, I was in sales lol

I wish somewhere there was a video that showed a 3d video simulatation of x-rays passing through matter, and showing the respective formation of the image. Someone should do this, as it's important for students to understand this fully, and I don't think it's covered enough from the outset of the program which is a shame.

I think some of my mis-understanding has come from the word 'penetration' Penetration can, afterall, mean to pass into (into the bone/tissue) or to pass through (through the bone/tissue to hit the plate). When I've been speaking of penetration, I've been using the word as if to mean that the rays have gone through the matter as opposed to being passed into it.

Does radiographic penetration refer to passing into body matter, or all the way through body matter?

So I can understand this, is it right in suggesting that for the most part:

a) bone and tissue block radiation (through varying degrees of absorbtion), but may actually allow some rays to pass right through them and hit the plate on the other end?

or

b) bone and tissue never normally let x-rays to actually go right through them, hitting the plate on the other end?

I'm presuming b would be correct due to total blockage, whicn in turn produces the varying degrees of 'blockage shadows@ on the film when processed.

Radiology Student Chat Zone :: RE: Question for Papa

December 24, 2008 on 5:31 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: papa
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:37 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

i think you're focusing too much on the absorbtion of the radiation, and not enough on the penatration.

try not to think about the absorbtion so much; that's probabally what's confusing you. let's replace the word "absorbtion" with "blocked". yes, i know, the x-rays are really absorbed into the tissues which will factor in with the dose the patient recieves. however, the act of "absorbtion" of the x-rays doesn't affect the image. the fact that the x-rays have been "blocked" does.

your questions:
a. yes

b. i think this is where you're getting confused. think "blocked", not "absorbed".
c. again, think blocked
d. see, you're still hooked on that absorbtion.
e. yeah, i really think you're confused with the whole absorbtion thing.
f. getting there.

don't worry, the light bulb over your head will suddenly turn on, and you'll get it. i'm just trying to find an analogy that'll flip that switch for ya.

all that we're really talking about is overlaping tissues. i'm gonna guess and say that you've just started your program. it might help me better explain this to you if i knew what you did before radiology.
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Ask a Technologist :: RE: Operating CT machines

December 24, 2008 on 5:31 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: papa
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:14 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2

although this site is not frequented by radiologists, some of us (i know i do) have some expierence with 3D software. i'll agree with pete, it'll probabally depend on which workstation you're using. some scanners will have their own workstation, wheras some facilities will have a seperate system.

personally, i'd contact the vendor of the workstation. they should be able to set up training on that particular workstation.
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Ask a Technologist :: RE: Operating CT machines

December 24, 2008 on 5:31 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: CigarPete
Subject: workstation
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:06 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2

What kind of workstation are you using? They are all different.

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