Radiopaedia Helpers

Words We Never Use

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"It is important for the image to be free from movement artefact and rotation to avoid repeated x-rays."

Line 68:59 · Radiopaedia always uses 'artifact' rather than 'artefact'.

List Punctuation

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"sometimes it is only necessary to keep the child's arms away from the abdominal area; in these cases, asking the child to hold onto something to their side (e.g. toy, mother's hand, pole) may be useful."

Line 71:200 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

Strong

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"centring pointthe midcoronal plane at the level of the iliac crest"

Line 16:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'centring point'

"collimation"

Line 19:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'collimation'

"orientationlandscape"

Line 26:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'orientation'

"detector sizewill vary depending on the child's body habitus"

Line 29:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'detector size'

"exposure ²"

Line 32:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'exposure '

"SID100 cm"

Line 38:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'SID'

"gridif patient thickness is above 10 cm, use of a grid is advisable ²"

Line 41:1 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'grid'

Acronyms

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"SID100 cm"

Line 38:9 · 'SID' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

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

"Lead shielding"

Line 56:1 · "Lead shielding" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Immobilisation techniques"

Line 67:1 · "Immobilisation techniques" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Semicolons

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"The supine cross-table lateral view is an additional projection to demonstrate the paediatric abdomen. As radiation dose is an important consideration for paediatric imaging, the horizontal beam lateral view is not often performed; although this will vary based on the department."

Line 1:268 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"sometimes it is only necessary to keep the child's arms away from the abdominal area; in these cases, asking the child to hold onto something to their side (e.g. toy, mother's hand, pole) may be useful."

Line 71:89 · Use semicolons judiciously.

Inline EG

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"remove any radiopaque items (e.g. ECG dots, nappy, shiny decorative clothing)"

Line 8:33 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.

Lint: paediatric-abdomen-supine-cross-table-lateral-view