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Imaging modality for the CV-imaging project: Coronary angiography:
Thransthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE):
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE):
Cine Angiography:
If we don't record the location for the procedures above, i,e, PRTRT = Coronary angiography, PRLOC = Chest, then why do chest and abdomen go into PRLOC for chest and abdominal CT scans? In addition, I just took my mother to have a Thyroid Ultrasound:
Referring to Richard's email: LOC in the interventions class is "Anatomical focus of an intervention - at which part of the body an intervention is being made". This also my understanding as well.
It is easy to pinpoint a location for invasive/treatment type interventions and this aligns with my understanding of how PRLOC should be used. However, for "diagnostic imaging" procedures, where the imaging probe is placed (i.e. neck, chest, abdomen, head, etc.), is it relevant to record this information? Is this the location where the intervention is made? is it even correct to place these values in PRLOC? so...my 2-cents is that diagnostic imaging procedures have no PRLOCs. When we say "chest CT", it A chest CT doesn't mean that a CT is done on the chest, it is a CT scan of the chest, it creates images of the chest, more precisely the thoracic region. If PRTRT = CT Scan, PRLOC = Chest. The way I read this is that the CT scan is done on the chest, which doesn't make sense.An abdominal CT doesn't mean a CT done on the abdomen, it is a CT scan of the abdomen, it creates images of the abdominal region"Chest" is the anatomical location for subsequent evaluations, aka --LOC for --TEST in a findings domain. Same for abdominal and pelvic CT scans, MRIs. Have I lose my god damn mind???? |
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An evaluator examines the images of the thoracic and abdominal regions produced by the CT scan and decides whether TAA and AAA are present as well as their location. Note for viewing simplicity, some variables are omitted from the table below.
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After all this, i struggle with what values should go into TULOC. When a CT scans the chest, it produces cross-sectional images of the thorax. You can view the images in three angles: axial view (you are looking at the picture of the thorax from the direction of head to toe), the coronal view (you are looking at the images of the thorax as if you are standing in front of the person), sagittal view (you are looking at the picture of the thorax from the side). Hence TULOCs are populated with Thoracic Region and Abdominal Region. Especially in the axial view, as you move from cross-section sectional images of the thorax to images of the abdomen, you are looking at sectioned images of the thoracic region to abdominal region, there is no mistake about it.