Imaging Review for PA students

CASE 3

1. What SPECIFIC type of study is this?

2. How does the radiation dose for this study compare to that of a PA chest radiograph?

3. What type of tissue appears WHITE and what type of tissue appears BLACK on this kind of study?

4. What is unusual about the patient's position?

5. What interventional procedure is the patient undergoing?

6. What other imaging modality could be used to guide such a procedure?