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A female patient is brought to ER because of a MVA (motor vehicle accident). Her chief complaint is pain in the lower lumbar region. The ER physician orders a lumbar series. Upon questioning, the technologist learns that the patient is pregnant. The ER physician is made aware of the pregnancy but still wants the lumbar spine series performed. What can the technologist do to minimize dose to the fetus and mother?

A physician orders an image of the knee that will best demonstrate the styloid process of the fibula without superimposition. Which projection do you perform? 

Hypotheses are not acceptable in the scientific method.

A patient comes to radiology for a thoracic spine routine. The patient has a history of arthritis of the spine. The radiologist requests that additional projections be taken to demonstrate the zygapophyseal joints. What positions and/or projections would be ideal to demonstrate these structures?

Round 0.052018 to three significant figures.

What type of property of matter is independent of the quantity of the substance?

In Mendeleev’s table of the elements, the elements were arranged according to

Who stated that the elements, when arranged according to their atomic masses, showed a distinct periodicity of their properties?

An upper GI series is performed and the radiologist requests an image that demonstrates the duodenal bulb and loop in profile. What projection/position must be performed to visualize this anatomy?

Which of the following elements is most likely to form a 2+ ion?