FAQ's - X-Ray

Q. How can radiologists affect even the small risk that patients take when undergoing X-ray based procedures?

A. "CT scans performed in an office such as ours are always monitored by our physicians and performed by very experienced staff, each of whom has more than 25 years of experience. We have a physicist on staff and our machines are constantly calibrated. All of our equipment and staff are accredited by the very stringent American College of Radiology. We participate in the ACR's "image gently" program. We adhere to the principle of ALARA- As Low As Reasonably Achievable in determining techniques for each examination. We pride ourselves in using the lowest radiation doses possible to achieve studies that are of superior diagnostic quality."

Q. What is a SCANOGRAM ?

A. An X-ray examination performed using the X-ray tube and digital detectors of a CT scanner, to obtain digital X-ray images of multiple contiguous portions of the bony skeleton.

Advantages:

  • Requires fewer "takes" and allows easier and faster positioning for a shorter, more comfortable examination.
  • Useful for surveying the entire skeleton for asymptomatic misalignments, limb length discrepancies, compression fractures of the spine, or lytic (destructive) bony lesions.

Limitations: Smaller bones and joints, and conditions requiring a spatial higher resolution ("sharper detail"), still require a conventional X-ray machine and film technique.