Radiopaedia Helpers

List Punctuation

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"patient’s shoulders should be at equal distances from the image receptor to avoid rotation, the head facing straight forward."

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Headings Spacing

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"Positional errors "

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Acronyms

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"The odontoid or 'peg' projection, also known as the open mouth AP projection (or radiograph), is an AP projection of C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis) with the patient's mouth open."

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"The odontoid or 'peg' projection, also known as the open mouth AP projection (or radiograph), is an AP projection of C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis) with the patient's mouth open."

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"patient positioned erect in AP position unless trauma the patient will be supine"

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"SID100 cm"

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Strong

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"centring point"

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"collimation"

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"orientationlandscape"

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"detector size18 cm x 24 cm"

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"exposure"

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"SID100 cm"

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"gridyes"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Indications
H1 Patient position
H1 Technical factors
H1 Image technical evaluation
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Positional errors "

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"Teeth superimposing the dens"

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"Skull base superimposing the dens"

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Semicolons

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"angle accordingly; see 'patient positioning'"

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Oxford Comma

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"make sure that any removable artifacts such as earrings, glasses or metal dentures are removed to avoid obscuring the anatomy of interest"

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