Procedures Study Guide (fall yr 2)

Another name for coronal plane

frontal

Another name for axial plane

transverse

Another name for sagittal plane

median

What plane are CT exams typically done in?

transverse

What does the T in CT stand for

tomography

What kind of conditions would a venogram demonstrate?

blood clots

Angiogram vs Arteriogram

• Angiogram - blood vessels

• Arteriogram - arteries specifically 

Difference between screening mammogram vs diagnostic mammogram

• screening - done once a year as a routine exam to screen for signs of cancer - patient is asymptomatic 

• diagnostic - symptomatic patient done to investigate suspicious new lumps or symptoms. May prompt additional views

When should you begin getting mammograms

age 40

More compression for a mammogram means what for images?

• decreased motion

• decreased tissue superimposition

• decreased radiation dose

• increased image quality 

How does the clock localization terminology work in mammography?

Upper Outer/Upper Inner/Lower Outer/Lower Inner

Clock hands number positions for each breast

EX) “upper outer quadrant of left breast at around 2 o’clock”