
Learn the basics of abdominal radiographs, including anatomy, densities, upright and supine views, and how to detect common findings and free air with cross-table lateral methods.
Identify the major skeletal structures, the diaphragm, the aorta, the inferior vena cava, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, small bowel and colon, and understand gas patterns on abdominal x-rays.
Identify critical findings on abdominal x-rays by checking for free air under the diaphragm, assessing bowel dilation with the three, six, nine rule, and recognizing haustral patterns, stones, and tubes.
Multiple unknown cases will be discussed thoroughly to apply the knowledge that has been learned during lecture.
Apply anatomy knowledge to abdominal radiographs, localize key structures, and interpret findings such as gastric bubble, colon gas, foreign bodies, prior surgical changes, and suspected obstruction or ileus.
Ever been confused by an abdominal X-ray and how a radiologist like me makes sense of them? Want to be more confident about noticing critical findings on an abdominal X-ray? Then this course is for you. This course is based on the same lecture I give my entry level radiology residents as they embark their careers in radiology. Quick and easy
This course will give a step by step way to analyze an abdominal X-ray. I’ll show a quick and easy way to analyze abdominal X-rays that I have honed over the several years working as a radiologist and after reading thousands of them
This course will teach you how to look for the most common and critical findings that you will ever come across. Diagnoses that I make every day and are cannot miss findings.
We will be reviewing multiple cases and will go over the important search pattern that you will need. You’ll come away with the skills to look for critical findings of bowel obstruction, bowel perforation, bowel ischemia and other commonly made X-ray diagnoses. It is my sincere hope you will come away with a good foundation to build on as you yourself try to hone your own X-ray interpretation skills.