Implant radiography and radiology

Teaching Radiology and Radiography in Zanzibar Archipelago

Turf wars in radiology: emergency department ultrasound and radiography.

In recent years, emergency medicine physicians have made strenuous efforts to take over responsibility for interpreting and billing for ultrasound and conventional x-ray studies performed in emergency departments. This is a battle that radiologists have largely won. The authors explore some of the history of this controversy and the reasons why radiologists still control emergency department im...

Cochlear implant radiography: technique adapted into a portable apparatus.

UNLABELLED The unavailability of advanced imaging equipment in the operating rooms of most hospitals - as well as the fundamental importance for surgeons of immediate observation of the cochlear implants soon after their insertion - makes conventional radiography a good option. OBJECTIVE To describe a practical, fast and low-cost radiographic method, allowing for evaluation of the electrodes ...

Biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator post-implant radiology: a unique image.

A 72-year-old man was hospitalized for congestive heart failure and had a favorable response to the intensive medical treatment received. The patient had a history of ischemic heart disease with chronic anterior infarction of several years’ duration and three-vessel disease revascularized percutaneously some years previously. Two years before the current hospitalization, he underwent aortic val...

Dose audit for patients undergoing two common radiography examinations with digital radiology systems.

PURPOSE We aimed to determine the radiation doses delivered to patients undergoing general examinations using computed or digital radiography systems in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS Radiographs of 20 patients undergoing posteroanterior chest X-ray and of 20 patients undergoing anteroposterior kidney-ureter-bladder radiography were evaluated in five X-ray rooms at four local hospitals in the ...