Can anyone help me explain to an outside clinic NP why I can’t do bilateral lung nodule biopsies on the same guy on the same day? I am three failed attempts deep.

A situation came up at my hospital concerning modified barium swallow studies. One of our speech therapists is pregnant and asked a tech to feed the patient the barium mixed with foods and operate the fluoro while they stood behind the control room wall watching on the monitor. Is feeding the patient in these studies inside or outside the scope of practice of the rad tech?

I'm a 35 y/o male with Situs Inversus with Levocardia. We found this out when I was 10 and had X-rays done for suspected appendicitis. I thought this would be the place that would most appreciate seeing some CTs I had a while back. (I think that's what you can see here. I'm not a radiologist.) I can probably find the drive with the whole scan later if wanted.

I have a year of experience but had to step back from being a tech for about 3/4 years. Man, I feel so dumb again. Feel like I know nothing and it’s taking a bit to get back into the groove. This has been my 2nd day. Been watching videos and revising again. Anyone got any advice? Really want to get good again and have more confidence.

Hi all,

I am looking to gather information on how other departments utilise previous radiotherapy tattoos when setting up patients for a new CT planning scan (replans or different treatment area) where tattoo measurements already exist. Do you place a skin marker (for example, Beekley crosshairs or a similar product) over the tattoo location to provide a visual reference and facilitate post-scan checks, or do you rely on manual measurements alone? I am exploring whether introducing a visible marker could provide an additional verification step after scanning and help identify any discrepancies that may arise from manual ruler measurements. We currently use ball bearings for our reference marks but we wanted to avoid using a larger ball bearing on the previous tattoo to avoid referencing on the incorrect ones.

I'd be grateful to hear how others manage this process and whether any formal procedures or quality assurance measures are in place.

I was talking to a tech today who started in the late 80s, and she was trying to explain to me what the generators to set techniques were like when she was just starting out. We weren’t able to find any pictures of it, but she described it as a tall machine with a ton of buttons. Does anyone have any resource to look that up, or images yourself? Thanks!