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Tag: X-ray Tech Tips

7 Ways for an RT to Make More Money

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By: CE4RT

If you are working as a Radiologic Technologist, it may feel sometimes like your career options are limited. For some RTs, branching out into other specialties and fields is not an option. For those people working in x-ray, nuclear medicine, or sonography and are planning on staying there, there are a few options that can help you increase your income.

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An X-Ray Tech’s Guide to Radiography in Obese Patients

Chest X-ray obtained in an obese patient

By: CE4RT

Obese patients are at risk for increased radiation exposure due to the increase in radiation needed to penetrate tissue, the risk for repeat exams due to difficult positioning and technique, an incompatibility with existing equipment, and because obese patients suffer from health conditions which require radiologic procedures more than the average public.

 

 

A 57 year old man who weighed 490 lb (223 kg). Chest radiograph shows limited diagnostic quality image with poor X-ray penetration and poor visualization of lung bases.

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