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1. This radiographic examination is one of the most widely known. It is an examination of the large intestine; a small plastic tube is inserted into the rectum and a white fluid is run into the bowel under fluoroscopy.
2. Before having this scan done you are asked a series of questions. One important question is whether or not you have a pacemaker. What scan would you be going for?
3. This is an examination to look at the biliary tree. A long, thin flexible camera is placed down the oesophagus into the duodenum. Contrast is then injected into the common bile duct. What is this procedure called?
4. This is one of the more unusual examinations and also a bit perverse coming to think about it. Again a rubber tube is placed into the rectum and a thick barium paste is injected into the rectum. X-rays are then taken as the patient is sitting on a bedpan and asked to poo.
5. This procedure is done to check the state of the tear duct. A small needle is placed into the tear duct and then a contrast media is injected into the tear duct. Pictures are then taken using digital subtraction.
6. Which diagnostic scan gives some of the highest radiation doses in diagnostic radiography?
7. This is the most common (and most tedious) examination performed in an X-ray department.
8. What is the name for a tomographic X-ray of the teeth, mandible and maxilla?
9. Not all radiography is performed in the X-ray department. A radiographer also works a great deal in the operating theatre. One orthopaedic operation, called a DHS, would be impossible to perform without the help of a radiographer. Now do you know what DHS actually stands for?
10. When performing examinations in plain radiography that require a high exposure factor a grid is used. What is the purpose of this grid?
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