WITH the gradual improvement in radiological technique during the past twenty years, X-ray examination has assumed a greater importance in the diagnosis of disease of the urinary tract than almost any other ancillary method. Indeed, no investigation of the urinary tract from the surgical aspect can be regarded as complete without X-ray examination. In many cases the diagnosis is settled by that...

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It is considered that annual chest x-ray (CXR) examination can be restricted to workers by age; however, adequate epidemiological evidence is needed regarding the difference in the effectiveness of CXR examination between younger and older age groups. This study attempted to estimate the prevalence of latent abnormalities (P) in the lung and the false negative rate (F) and false positive rate (...

Introduction Given the fact that children are more sensitive to radiation, compared to adults, special attention needs to be paid to radiation protection in pediatric radiology. Diagnostic reference level (DRL) has been defined to be employed as a practical tool for examining the overall performance of a radiological center in terms of patient dose among a series of similar equipments in an are...

A 60 years male presented with lower backache with tingling and numbness in both lower limbs for last 3 years. Later, he had pain in the neck and progressive weakness in both upper limbs for last 4 months. He had no history of bladder and bowel involvement. On examination, he had increased tone in all the four limbs with power of 4/5, bilateral absent biceps, exaggerated knee reflexes, ankle cl...

The purpose of the article is to present the differential diagnostic criteria between pneumobilia (air in the biliary system) and portal vein gas on abdominal x-ray. Differential diagnosis is essential because of its influence on patient management. Two patients are presented, one with pneumobilia and the other with portal vein gas on abdominal x-ray, with review of the relevant literature. Pne...

The availability of computed radiography has opened the possibility of using reduced dosage for radiographs in clinical settings and reducing the retake rate. A prospective controlled study was carried out over a period of four months comparing conventional X-rays and computed radiography. The aim was to assess if computed radiography at 50% normal dosage would result in films of adequate quali...