General radiography | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org General radiography, also known as plain film radiography, is the specialty within medical imaging that utilizes projectional radiography to examine anatomy It is often referred to as simply ‘x-ray’ within medical imaging departments
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Radiograph | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org View Tariq Walizai's current disclosures Plain radiography Plain film radiograph Plain film radiography Plain film radiographs X-ray photograph X-ray (image) Radiographs Radiograms Plain radiograph Radiogram Plain radiographs
Radiographic positioning terminology - Radiopaedia. org Radiographic positioning terminology is used routinely to describe the position of the patient for taking various radiographs Standard nomenclature is employed with respect to the anatomic position Terminology Basic terms of relations anterio
Automatic exposure control - Radiopaedia. org In radiography, the automatic exposure control device is placed in front of the image receptor In mammography, the automatic exposure control device is placed underneath the image receptor
Chest radiograph | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org The total effective dose of a chest X-ray (in PA and lateral views) ranges from 0 06 to 0 25 mSv, depending on the voltage of the system used and type of system (film-screen or digital radiography)
X-ray artifacts | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org X-ray artifacts can present in various ways, including abnormal shadows noted on a radiograph or degraded image quality, and have been produced by artificial means from hardware failure, operator error and software (post-processing) artifacts There are common and distinct artifacts for film, computed (CR) and direct digital radiography (DR)
Radiographic contrast | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org Radiographic contrast is the density difference between neighboring regions on a plain radiograph High radiographic contrast is observed in radiographs where density differences are notably distinguished (black to white) Low radiographic contras