Upper limb radiology
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The document discusses the radiological anatomy of the upper limb, including the standard views used to image the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand in plain and contrast radiographs. It introduces radiological anatomy, the properties and discoverer of x-rays, and the standard anteroposterior, posteroanterior, oblique, and lateral views used to image the upper limb radiographically.
Upper limb radiology
- 2. INTRODUCTION • The study of anatomy using radiographic films is called radiological anatomy. • Radiographs are an essential element in clinical diagnosis • X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, a German physicist, in 1895.
- 3. PROPERTIES OF X RAY • Penetrating effect • Photographic effect • Flourescent effect • Biological effect
- 4. STANDARD VIEWS OF A RADIOGRAPH • Antero posterior view
- 5. • Postero anterior view
- 8. TYPES OF RADIOGRAPHS • Plain radiographs
- 10. SHOULDER REGION
- 13. • ELBOW
- 16. • WRIST AND HAND