X-Ray
This is the basic equipment in one of our plain film rooms:
In the background you can see the x-ray machine itself. On the desk behind the leaded glass screen we have the X-ray generator control panel where the radiographer will set the relevant factors suitable for a particular type of examination.
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RIS (Radiology Information System) PC:
logs all the details and requests for every examination a patient has had in the imaging department.
CR (computed radiography) Remote Operations Panel:
displays the digitised x-ray images for that examination.
Bar Code Reader RIS:
All x-ray cassettes and requests operate off a barcode system.
Bar Code Reader CR
X-ray machine control
Photo: Imaging Dept, CRH
The resulting images...
We do lots of chest x-rays!
Horizontal beam lateral view of the cervical spine
Ankle fracture post fixation
Photos: Imaging Dept, CRH
What do we need from an X-ray?
We want the contrast and density of the image to be correct.
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It should be correctly labelled and should include enough soft tissue to visualise any injury.
Every examination has different criteria of acceptability – and you will learn them all!​
Mobile & Theatre Radiography
We're not just in one room - there are many other aspects of the job and we travel around the hospital with mobile machines when we're needed!
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We also get involved in a lot of operations in theatre, providing on-the-fly imaging.
Photo: Imaging Dept, CRH
Dental Radiography
We also we have a separate department for dental examinations - you will get a special placement at the dental hospital in Sheffield to help with this
Photo: Imaging Dept, CRH
Photo: Imaging Dept, CRH