Right Lateral Analysis
Task 8: GI Contrast Series (Alternative) Scout (lateral), Right Lateral, VD views
CRITIQUE TASK 8:
− Positioning Critique: Unfortunately, contrast studies are not that common at my clinic. We seem to use our ultrasound and our gastrointestinal scope more frequently when we are concerned about a foreign body, mass, infection, gastrointestinal lining of the stomach etc. So, I chose to use a stuffed animal and administer barium via a gastrointestinal tube. If this would have been a real animal I would have chosen to have it fasted for at least 12 hours to ensure a completely empty stomach, intestines, and colon. Because I used a stuffed animal it is quite hard to see anything else at all beside my makeshift “stomach.” Additionally, on a …show more content…
The collimation of the lateral abdominal views would be from the T7, caudal apex of the heart and diaphragm down the caudal aspect of the pelvis including the greater trochanter and coxofemoral joints. The collimation for the VD abdomen would include the caudal apex of the heart and diaphragm down to the pelvis including the wings of the ilium, greater trochanter, and coxofemoral joints. Obviously, on my stuffed animal there are not any viewable landmarks but I did my best to try and mimic where my landmarks would be when I took the radiograph. I think (due mostly to the small size of the stuffed animal) that I may have collimated into much around my “stomach,” in a live animal the stomach would be in the dorsal cranial view of the radiograph with the spleen, intestines, gallbladder, kidneys, colon and bladder would all be caudal of the stomach. In my stuffed animal radiographs the gastrointestinal tubes and “barium stomach” are all centered in the crossline and, ideally, should have been more cranial in the shot like a real live animal would be.
− Exposure Factor Critique: Exposure on my stuffed animal turned out better than I expected overall, you can easily see the gastrointestinal tube as well as my “stomach” and the barium after I administered it. On a real dog I would have chosen a kVp and mAs based off of its weight and its thickness at the caudal aspect of the 13th
CRITIQUE TASK 8:
− Positioning Critique: Unfortunately, contrast studies are not that common at my clinic. We seem to use our ultrasound and our gastrointestinal scope more frequently when we are concerned about a foreign body, mass, infection, gastrointestinal lining of the stomach etc. So, I chose to use a stuffed animal and administer barium via a gastrointestinal tube. If this would have been a real animal I would have chosen to have it fasted for at least 12 hours to ensure a completely empty stomach, intestines, and colon. Because I used a stuffed animal it is quite hard to see anything else at all beside my makeshift “stomach.” Additionally, on a …show more content…
The collimation of the lateral abdominal views would be from the T7, caudal apex of the heart and diaphragm down the caudal aspect of the pelvis including the greater trochanter and coxofemoral joints. The collimation for the VD abdomen would include the caudal apex of the heart and diaphragm down to the pelvis including the wings of the ilium, greater trochanter, and coxofemoral joints. Obviously, on my stuffed animal there are not any viewable landmarks but I did my best to try and mimic where my landmarks would be when I took the radiograph. I think (due mostly to the small size of the stuffed animal) that I may have collimated into much around my “stomach,” in a live animal the stomach would be in the dorsal cranial view of the radiograph with the spleen, intestines, gallbladder, kidneys, colon and bladder would all be caudal of the stomach. In my stuffed animal radiographs the gastrointestinal tubes and “barium stomach” are all centered in the crossline and, ideally, should have been more cranial in the shot like a real live animal would be.
− Exposure Factor Critique: Exposure on my stuffed animal turned out better than I expected overall, you can easily see the gastrointestinal tube as well as my “stomach” and the barium after I administered it. On a real dog I would have chosen a kVp and mAs based off of its weight and its thickness at the caudal aspect of the 13th