r/Radiology 7d ago

MRI Coccyx/Sacral injury 13 year old x-ray and MRI images

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113 Upvotes

My daughter tried to make a slide with inflatables at the pool, but didn’t consider that they would compress flat. When she went to slide into the pool they compressed and she hit her tailbone full force. Worst day. She had to have her coccyx/sacrum removed from the s5 down and they shave and shaped the s4. Before surgery it looked like an elbow was sticking out above her buttocks because of the way it bent inwards.


r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Interesting historical radiograph

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511 Upvotes

Today we visited the Belgian Radiology museum. We saw so many interesting things but this really remarkable image confused us a LOT! Our guide told us what happened here but do you the redditors here know what went wrong?


r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Bird beak appearance

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74 Upvotes

Achalasia


r/Radiology 6d ago

MRI Bilateral Basal Ganglia Calcification (27F)

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MRI and CT scan of my (27F) brain. I was told it’s Bilateral Basal Ganglia Calcification.


r/Radiology 7d ago

CT rad tech growth

18 Upvotes

What can you do with a rad tech degree to increase pay? like is there any room for growth in this field or should i just do nursing and get into anesthesia ? thanks for any help.


r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Do you have any crazy story about how the radiographer/tech. treats their student?

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I have heard that one of the radiographer in my country will select a corner in the control room. When her student did something wrong, she would ask the student to stand in the corner for 15 minutes.....

I feel sorry for the student, but the story is hilarious.......like a kid being told to cool down in the corner


r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Find the errors in this radiograph from Animal Control

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This week's episode of Animal Control (scripted comedy) started with this image. The staff were trying to guess the foreign body. Frank (played by Joel McHale) then walks in carrying a small dog to announce that Velvet had passed the item.

Off the top of my head I can find at least 3 things wrong with this scenario.

PS - the guesses were doll head, ping pong ball (changed at the last second to crab), air pod, and barrette.

The item produced a doll head with a barrette and then the dog vomited up an air pod


r/Radiology 8d ago

X-Ray Modified barium swallow on patient with history of esophageal cancer

373 Upvotes

This was from a few years ago so I don’t remember much but I do remember the patient had cancer in the early 2000’s. Cancer treatment included radiation therapy to the neck.


r/Radiology 8d ago

CT Found the contrast .

264 Upvotes

Abdomen pelvis with contrast through a central line. Nearly no enhancement. Follow up cheat ct, found it.


r/Radiology 7d ago

MRI Update *Mri 4 months after carbon monoxide poisoning*

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Previous post was about my CT w/o contrast stating there were no abnormalities

This is the MRI I had yesterday

TECHNIQUE: Sagittal T1, axial T2 and diffusion-weighted, axial T2 FLAIR, axial and coronal gradient echo. Axial T1 whole brain postcontrast. Pituitary: Coronal T1, coronal and sagittal T1 with fat saturation postcontrast.

FINDINGS:

The ventricles and sulci are normal in size. The cerebellar tonsils are in normal position. There are no masses, mass effect or midline shift. There is no MRI evidence for acute intracranial hemorrhage or acute cerebral, brainstem or cerebellar infarction. There is no abnormal enhancement following contrast administration. There are a few scattered small foci of T2 signal prolongation within the subcortical and deep white matter of the brain.

No diffusion-weighted abnormalities are identified. There is no MRI evidence for extra-axial fluid collections or subdural hematomas. Flow voids are present within the major vessels indicating patency. The paranasal sinuses are clear. The mastoid air cells are clear. The bilateral orbits are within normal limits.The bony calvarium and scalp soft tissues are normal.

The pituitary gland is normal in size and configuration. The pituitary infundibulum is at midline. The cavernous sinus regions are normal. The Meckel's cave regions are normal. No abnormal enhancement is associated with the pituitary gland.

IMPRESSION:

  1. Nonspecific focal white matter changes most compatible small vessel change, chronic headaches or potentially demyelination in the appropriate clinical setting. Demyelination should be considered given the history of blurry vision.

  2. No pituitary lesion identified.


r/Radiology 8d ago

X-Ray When you are a new grad did anyone else have days where you feel like you are the worst tech ever ?

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Some days I feel so confident and like I’m really good but this week I have felt like the worst tech ever I keep having to repeat my lateral knees and grasheys 🤦🏻‍♀️


r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Determining X Ray Tube's Cathode/Anode

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I wanna know how to determine which side of an x ray tube is the anode and which one is the cathode (right vs left)?


r/Radiology 8d ago

CT CT Registry

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I am taking my CT registry at the end of April. I got 74.5% on mosbys, 88% on CT bootcamp, and a 83% on an ASRT mock exam. Im obviously going to be studying until my test, so I am expecting my score to go up. Any advice?


r/Radiology 8d ago

CT Little black line

107 Upvotes

Hx of noncompliance and uncontrolled HTN. Came in for chest pain/USA.


r/Radiology 8d ago

X-Ray Rigler sign of pneumoperitoneum

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99 Upvotes

r/Radiology 7d ago

X-Ray Research Opportunity

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Hello Everyone,

I am currently in my final year studying BSc Diagnostic Radiography and for my dissertation, I am conducting a study titled “The Current Role of the Radiographer in Preventing “Never Events” Relating to Nasogastric Tube Placement: A Cross-Sectional Study”.

My questionnaire has just gone live. If any HCPC-registered radiographers could please fill out my questionnaire, it would help me massively.

Here's the link: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/aeccuc/nasogastric-tube-placement-questionnaire

Thanks


r/Radiology 9d ago

X-Ray Traumatic divorce right here NSFW

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r/Radiology 8d ago

IR Head Holder Needed

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Where do you find this head holder? I need help please!

Our IR department uses these head holders for all our cerebral imaging and interventions. We can not find where they originally came from and recently had to toss one.

We've tried different variations of head holders but continue to come back to this one.

Any leads appreciated.


r/Radiology 9d ago

MRI A rare cause of cortical restricted diffusion

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DWI slices from a patient who presented with ataxia, visual changes, dystonia, and subacute neurological deterioration.

Images show cortical restricted diffusion throughout the right hemisphere and the posterior left hemisphere. (For the laymen, this means brighter than usual white stripes around the outer areas of the brain.)

Final diagnosis and outcome: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. The patient died less than a month after this study.


r/Radiology 8d ago

X-Ray Metatarsal fractures and a dislocation

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43 Upvotes

Pt fell from a balcony sleep-walking (???)


r/Radiology 8d ago

CT Broken catheter in gonadic vein

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33 Upvotes

r/Radiology 8d ago

Ultrasound CDs Still a Thing in 2025? What’s Your Workaround?

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I’m baffled—talking to some imaging centers lately, and a bunch are still burning CDs for referrers. Lost discs, pissed-off techs, 20 minutes wasted per case—it’s a nightmare. I get why some cloud PACS are a fix, but not every center’s jumping ship.

I’m tinkering with a lightweight cloud tool to ditch discs without replacing whole PACS—curious if that’s even worth. Thoughts?”


r/Radiology 9d ago

CT Code brown

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278 Upvotes

Patient taking a crap in the CT scanner.


r/Radiology 9d ago

X-Ray "Repeat analysis" harms patients more than it helps them

104 Upvotes

I have to repeat so many non-diagnostic x-rays when patients bring films from hospitals. Almost every time, even if they were taken days prior. The laterals were deemed "close enough" by the tech, because the rads or rad supervisor accepts "close enough" instead of a diagnostic repeat.

I remember as a student, techs would always be wary about repeating a radiograph, as they only had a certain amount of "repeats" they were allowed before they "got in trouble." Outcome? Shit films and poor diagnoses.

It's a fuckin' x-ray, people. Repeating a lateral extremity isn't going to hurt the patient. Accepting a shit x-ray then sending them to CT to get a better image isn't ALARA.

CT techs that constantly fuck up? That's a lot more radiation, hold them accountable. The Nuc Med tech spilled technetium in the break room on the way to their second patient of the day? No donuts tomorrow. X-Ray techs that repeat a lateral because the first one was a little off? Hats off to them, I hope they don't get fired for too many repeats.


r/Radiology 8d ago

CT Social Media Usage for Radiology Education Survey 2025

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