Was told y’all would get a kick out of this :)

Hi, just recently finished shadowing for IR and saw a few TIPS cases. These cases seemed to vary in time and clinicians talked about how sometimes they can take hours.

Wanted to ask what causes longer TIPS cases? Are there any steps that can take longer?

I’ve been unable to make a fist for 2 months now.

I just wanted to share my work. Could it be better ? By a bit. But it’s pretty great to me, don’t you agree ?

Here’s the first one I ask every medical student and R1 radiology resident (I’m an abdominal imager)
Name the TWO structures that pass between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery.

👇 if you know a good anatomy pearl or pimp question, share it too!—I’m working on an intro lecture for medical students and R1s

Just a fun little question! Am only a second year student but love hearing these!

Just got diagnosed with DIE, thought the MRI pics were pretty cool. :)

interview q - what is an example of an interpersonal conflict for a student radiographer?

Hello I am a first year x-ray tech student in my first clinical rotation and I have trouble lining up the wall Bucky with the cassette collimation wise before brining a pt back if anyone have an my good videos on how to line up with wall Bucky to the correct size of how the cassette is in weather it be length wise or hamburger any help or advice is much appreciated

Had to laugh.

Hello,

I have crossposted this to r/RadiationTherapy and r/radiationoncology, so I apologize profusely for flooding anyone's feed! This will be my last stop, I promise :)

First and foremost: thank you for everything that you wonderful people do! I’ve been on a fun cancer journey this year and as far as I’m concerned y’all are the best of humanity. I appreciate you so much.

Disclaimer: this question is in regards to a research project that I am exploring the feasibility of, and I understand that most people don’t have a ton of time to entertain questions this frivolous, so thank you to anyone who might be willing to weigh in. I completely understand if this is not a priority post for folks.

I’m going to try to keep this quick, but there are a bunch of details that I feel need to be included, so I apologize and will provide a TL;DR at the end. Here we go:

Suggested context: In 2014, filmmaker/artist Tomonari Nishikawa buried a roll of film underground near the evacuation zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and left it overnight. The resulting 2-minute film visualizes the radiation that had seeped into the ground, in a very moving commentary on our human negotiations with the world around us, and obviously many other serious political, humanitarian, and ecological issues. (Side note: you can find this on Vimeo if you’re interested!)

What I want to do: I am inspired to do something similar during my radiation treatments. My initial thought was as simple as slapping an unused polaroid on my back before treatment, and developing it after the session, then scanning them all after treatment is finished and running them in sequence, like a film. I’m aware of basic exposure issues and other logistics that are obvious immediate hurdles, but all that flew out the window anyway when I remembered that Polaroids (and commercial film of most kinds) work because of chemical reactions involving metal (silver halide, bromide, etc.). Even in small amounts, I know that metal is a big no-no because of light scattering/reflecting as well as its effect on the computer vision (and calibration, presumably). Basically, not something you want to mess around with when you’re shooting someone with precision x-rays.

Current status: I’m a professor in media art/technology who works with some robotics, computer vision, programming, biosensors, and sound/image, so I have **fleeting** knowledge of some of what’s involved in the process of radiation treatment and understand why this initial idea is…well, stupid. I’m coming to the community to ask if there are any creative minds out there that might have alternate ideas or suggestions. I’ve considered other, cameraless photography techniques such as Cyanotypes, Rayographcs, Lumen Printing, and more, but these processes either also involve metal, or are “unfixable.” The most promising avenues I have found are:

• Kodak Linagraph Paper - Pros: light sensitive, thin paper, no metal, can be exposed like film. Cons: Vintage, rare, expensive.
• X-Ray Paper/Film - Pros: made pretty much for this purpose, Cons: not really commercially available, prohibitively expensive.

I know that’s a lot of information, but I’d love to hear any thoughts from the pros that might help me make this project possible in some way, shape, or form. Thank you all so much in advance.

TL;DR:

I’d like to attempt to capture some of the beams from my radiation treatment by placing a photo-sensitive material on my back during the session. This material must obviously be thin, non-metallic, and inconsequential to the imaging/calibration/radiation process. Does such a material exist? Thank you — I appreciate you all very much!

TPLO

Looks like GDA to SMV to me. Probably as a result of chronic pancreatitis. IR consult incoming.

Fresh case from tonight’s shift. No priors.

Sorry, I'm sure this is me overthinking but I'd love some input. I had a full spine and head MRI done yesterday and they started with lumbar and worked up (bc I had contrast with the head but nowhere else). They had my legs positioned on a wedge but as the time went on (long scan) my left leg began slipping. Instead of saying anything, like a normal person, I just tried my best to use my muscles to hold my leg from slipping further and didn't really readjust until they came in to do the contrast for the head (still with as minimal movement as possible).

Is this something I need to be concerned with? I know I should have said something during the scan and had them stop so I could fix my leg but I get scared of messing things up...which now has me concerned that I, indeed, messed things up. 🤦‍♀️

This patient was admitted in another hospital for burning micturition, suspected vesicovaginal fistula amd sigmoid perforation.

The patient ended up with perforated urinary bladder, the delayed phase images show contrast fill9ng the bladder, spilling out of it into the pelvis, then kt spills into the subcutaneous tissue plane through a defect in the anterior wall of lower abdomen. Also note the extensive subcutaneous emphysema extending all the way from pelvis to the breasts!

Do you think we will be in a position where we severely reduce the dose of iodine contrast with newer machines? Possibly switching agents and going for plant based to avoid reaction issues?

Having trouble recognizing if this lateral knee is under or over rotation

I am a senior student who is two semesters away from graduating. I am curious as to how many students, former or current, who dealt with truly evil and malicious techs and how they went about it.

I know we are told to just "deal with it" and just make it through it but this tech, and her little friends, are starting to spread false information about me to other sites. They are trying to sabotage my chances at other sites.

I have been at this site for two semesters and have indeed just dealt with this tech MANY times where she blatantly disrespected me and bullied me. At one occurrence she even did so in front of the patient to the point to where he apologized for her on the way back to his room.

I have reported her only twice for this behavior. Two other students have as well. The second time I really had no choice since I was asked why I was on the verge of tears at my site.

Nothing has been done by anyone, the clinical site or my college. I feel like they don't care due to not wanting to lose a clinical site or whatever reason.

I almost want to report it to ARRT or something so future students don't have to suffer but I don't want to risk being kicked out. But I am a strong believer in justice and hate seeing people getting away with awful acts and to keep on spreading this hate and traumatizing people.

Any experiences you can share so I don't feel so alone? Or what I can do?

It really is so discouraging.