Abdomen Review

• What is the best method to control voluntary motion during abdominal radiography? 

   Short exposure time 
• The preferred imaging modality for examining the gallbladder is: 

   Sonogram 
• The technologist must ____ manual exposure factors for a patient with severe ascites. 

   Increase
• A patient comes to radiology with a clinical history of an umbilical hernia. Which one of the following abdomen projections would best demonstrate it?

  Decubitus
• A radiograph of an anteroposterior (AP) abdomen demonstrates elongation (widening) of the left iliac wing and narrowing of the right iliac wing. Which one of the following positioning errors produced this radiographic outcome?   

   Rotation to the left 
• To ensure that the inferior margin of the abdomen is included on a KUB radiograph, the technologist should palpate the: 

  Greater trochanter 
• 1. Xiphoid process (T9-T10)​
• 1. Iliac crest (L4-L5)​