Incorrect Forearm Positioning GE

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Image	Title	Summary	Categories	Tags
	Inaccurately Elevated T-scores on DXA Scans in a Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer	…	Reporting and Interpretation Issues	Hip, Hologic, metastatic prostate cancer, spine
	Hologic Right Forearm Scan with a Watch Artifact	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, forearm scan, Hologic, wrist watch
	DXA Interpreters Can Suspect Forearm “Slot Error” by Evaluating Tissue Thickness Measurement	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases	forearm, Slot error, tissue thickness
	A Case Report: Rare Cause of Recurrent Fragility Fracture in an Older Adult-Osteopetrosis	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Disease Entities	Fragility Fractures, Geriatric, high bone density, hip fracture, Incorrect Hologic Spine, Osteopetrosis, Osteosclerosis
	improper distal forearm scan acquisition	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	misadventures in DXA imaging
	High bone density in woman with mastocytosis	…	Disease Entities	GE Healthcare, high bone density, Hip, Mastocytosis, Osteosclerosis, spine
	Bone Densitometry study in patient with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer	…	Boston 2025 - Best Cases, Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts
	Can This Spine be Used for Diagnosis?	…	Anatomical Variants, Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Exclusion, GE Lunar Prodigy, spine
	Abduction Position at Hip Influences Femoral Neck (FN) BMD?	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	abduction, BMD, femoral neck, FN, Hip, Hologic, internal rotation, position
	Edge Detection, Scoliosis	…	Internal Artifacts, Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, GE Healthcare, Scoliosis, spine
	Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra, A case of four and one half lumbar vertebrae	…	Anatomical Variants	segmentation variants, transitional vertebra, transverse process, vertebral identification
	Incorrect Forearm Positioning GE	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	forearm, GE Healthcare, Incorrect GE Forearm Positioning, positioning, wrist
	Discordant Left-Right Hip Change in Osteoarthritis	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	buttressing, hip discordance, osteoarthritis
	GE-Lunar Short Femoral Neck ROI Placement Challenges	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck ROI, femur neck box, serial femur scans, short femoral neck
	Rare GE-Lunar 4% fat, soft tissue detection failure resulting in the false appearance of extraordinarily low BMD	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning	Point Typing, soft tissue detection failure, t, underestimation
	Black Hole Artifacts – Surgical Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, black hole, black hole artifacts, Hologic, lumbar spine, surgical clips, tantalum
	Pacemaker	…	Internal Artifacts	Hologic, internal artifact, Pacemaker
	Wrong Ethnicity in Analysis of a DXA Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Database, ethnicity, lumbar spine
	Incorrect Size of Lumbar Spine Region of Interest on A Hologic Lumbar Spine Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Hologic, lumbar spine, lumbar spine region of interest size, region of interest
$391-word-left-subcapital-fracture-jpeg-cropped1.jpg$	Chronic Malunited Left Subcapital Femoral Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, femoral fracture, hip scan, internal artifact, Left subcapital hip fracture
	Capturing BMD of the Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia utilizing GE Orthopedic Knee Software	…	Normal Scans	distal femur, knee acquisition and analysis scan, proximal tibia
	Elevated Bone Mineral Density	…	Disease Entities	Elevated bone mineral density, elevated Z-score
	Laminectomy and Spinal Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	hardware, Hologic, laminectomy, spinal hardware, spine scan
	BONE DENSITOMETRY SHOWING ARTIFACT CAUSED BY A CALCIFIED SPLEEN IN PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	artifact, Bone densitometry, calcified spleen, Osteoporosis, sickle cell anemia, spleen, vertebral fracture assessment., whole body composition
	Normal Anterior-Posterior (AP) Lumbar Spine Scan from a GE iDXA Densitometer	…	Normal Scans	AP Lumbar Spine, GE iDXA
	Normal Left Proximal Femur Scan from a GE iDXA Densitometer	…	Normal Scans	GE iDXA, normal hip scan
	Bullets	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole, bullet, Hologic, internal artifact, lumbar spine
	Normal GE Spine Analysis	…	Normal Scans, Positioning and Analysis Issues	DJD, GE, spine
	GE Normal Hip	…	Normal Scans	GE, Hip, normal
	Normal 33% radius GE	…	Normal Scans	33% radius, forearm, GE, Normal postmenopausal female
	Dexcon Glucose Monitor	…	External Artifacts	external artifact; glucose monitor; Dexcom
	Normal Hologic Hip Scan	…	Normal Scans	femoral neck, Hip, Hologic, normal scan, total hip
	Normal Hologic Spine Scan	…	Normal Scans	Hologic, normal scan, spine
	Black Hole Artifact Over L4	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole artifact, surgical clips, tantalum clips
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Positioning and Analysis/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, femoral neck, femoral neck positioning, Hologic
	Femoral Neck Box Incorrectly Positioned/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, femoral neck, femoral neck box, Hip, Hologic
	Incorrect Wrist Analysis/ Incorrect Edge Detection	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, edge detection, wrist
	Transgender	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis; transgender
	Burst Fracture of L3	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	burst, compression fracture
	5 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies with Lowest Ribs on T11 vs. 6 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	5 lumbar vertebral bodies with lowest ribs on T11, 6 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variant
	Calcifications in the Soft Tissue Projecting over the Left Hip	…	Internal Artifacts	Internal artifacts, soft tissue calcification
	Common Iliac Stents	…	Internal Artifacts	common iliac stents, Internal artifacts
	Left Femoral Stent/Graft	…	Internal Artifacts	Femoral graft, femoral stent, internal artifact
	Long Femur Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	extended hip scan, hip scan length, Hologic, long hip scan
	Incorrect Hologic Hip Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck width, Hologic, total hip global region of interest
	Incorrect Hologic Femoral Neck Box Width	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box width, Hologic
	Incorrect Spine Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	region of interest, spine, spine region of interest
	Incorrect Spine and Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues, Reporting and Interpretation Issues	Incorrect analysis of spine and hip scans, incorrect report
	Incorrect GE Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip analysis, region of interest
	Incorrect Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, Hip, incorrect hip analysis, region of interest
	FRAX Does Not Calculate	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	FRAX factors
	DXA Report Problems	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Reporting and Interpretation Issues	DXA report, reporting problems
	Incorrect Hologic Hip Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip scan, Hologic, incorrect anaysis
	Incorrect Wrist Scan Analysis	…	Misadventures in DXA Scanning, Positioning and Analysis Issues	forearm scan, region of interest
	DXA Reporting Issue	…	Reporting and Interpretation Issues	DXA report, report
	Database/ Gender /Z-score issue	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, gender, Z-score
	Database /Ethnicity/ T-score	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, spine
	Database/ Ethnicity/ Z-score	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, Database, ethnicity
	Femoral Head is Not Outlined/ Hip Edge Detection Issues	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, femoral head, femoral head edge detection
	Spine Edge Detection Problem	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, spine edge detection
	Edge Detection Problem in the Lumbar Spine	…	Internal Artifacts, Positioning and Analysis Issues	artifact, edge detection, Radiographic contrast
	Poor Spine Edge Detection	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, spine
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Box Size	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Femoral neck box size, Hologic, pixels
	Femoral Neck Size Different Between Baseline and Follow-up Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Femoral neck box size, follow-up, pixels
	Follow-up Hip Scan with the Lesser Trochanter Incompletely Outlined	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	edge detection, follow-up, lesser trochanter, lesser trochanter not outlined, poor edge detection
	Wrong Hologic Total Hip Global Region of Interest Size on Follow-up	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follw-up, global hip region of interest size
	Follow-up Differences in Hip Global Region of Interest	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follow-up, hip global ROI size
	Difference in Spinal Levels on Follow-up Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	follow-up, follow-up analysis, spinal levels
	Change of Size of Lumbar Spine Region of Interest Over Time	…	Internal Artifacts, Positioning and Analysis Issues	degenerative change, follow-up scan, spine global region of interest size, spine ROI
	Differences in Spine Region of Interest Size Over Time	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	degenerative change, follow-up scan, lumbar spine area, spine global region of interest size
	Scan Mode	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	array mode, fast array, Hologic, scan mode
	Incorrect Hologic Forearm Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, forearm, forearm region of interest, Hologic
	Hologic Total Hip Region of Interest Placed Too High	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, high, Hologic, region of interest, total hip region of interest
	Hologic Hip Global Region of Interest Box Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	global region of interest box, Hip, Hologic, positioining, region of interest
	Hologic Hip Global Region of Interest Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, global hip region of interest box, hip analysis, Hologic
	Hologic Total Hip Region of Interest Box Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis issue, Femoral neck size, Hologic, total hip region of interest box
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	Hologic, lesser trochanter, positioning, total hip region of interest
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	analysis, greater trochanter, Hologic, total hip region of interest
	Incorrect Total Hip Region of Interest/GE Healthcare	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, positioning and analysis, total hip, total hip region of interest
	Total Hip Region of Interest Incorrect/GE Healthcare	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	GE Healthcare, greater trochanter, total hip region of interest, trochanter
	Femoral Neck Box Includes Part of the Ischium	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box placement, Hologic, ischium
	Incorrect Hologic Femoral Neck Box Length/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck box, Hologic, Length of femoral neck box
	Incorrect Femoral Neck Box Width/Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, Femoral neck size, Hologic
	Femoral Neck Box Size Incorrect	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck, femoral neck box placement, Femoral neck box size, femoral neck width, Hologic
	Femoral Neck Region of Interest Positioning/ Hologic	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	femoral neck box, femoral neck box placement, Hologic
	Effects of Spinal Hardware on Spine DXA Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	global region of interest., spinal hardware, spine analysis
	Effects of Spinal Hardware on Spine DXA Analysis	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	spinal hardware, spine analysis
	Legs Down vs Legs Up Spine Scan	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	block, legs down, legs up, spine scanning
	Mask	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, mask
	Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (Lokelma) Artifact	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, Lokelma, medication, Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate
	Clothing Artifact	…	External Artifacts	buttons, clothing, External artifact, forearm
	Forearm Positioner Artifact	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, forearm positioner
	Spine Discordance	…	Internal Artifacts	discordance; focal sclerosis, vertebral body discordance.
	Lanthanum	…	Internal Artifacts	chronic renal insufficiency, CKD, Fosrenal, internal artifact, lanthanum
	Mastocytosis	…	Disease Entities	Mastocytosis
	Sickle Cell Anemia	…	Disease Entities
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level identification
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	spinal level identification, spine segmentation
	Spinal Level Identifiation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level identification, spine region of interest
	Spinal Level Identification	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	segmentation, spinal level, spine region of interest
	Hip Rotation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	hip positioning, hip rotation
	Spine Positioning and Rotation	…	Positioning and Analysis Issues	positioning, spine, spine rotation.
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, Disease entity, internal artifact, vertebral augmentation
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, vertebral augmentation
	Vascular Calcification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	aortic calcification, atherosclerosis, vascular calcification
	Turner’s Syndome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Turner's Syndrome
	Pancreatic Calcification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	calcified pancreas, Greenfield filter, internal artifact, IVC filter, pancreas
	Paget’s Disease	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Paget, Paget's Disease
	Osteogensis Imperfecta	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, inherited, OI, Osteogenesis imperfecta
	Oncogenic Osteomalacia/Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, osteogenic osteomalacia, TIO, tumor-induced osteomalacia
	Oncogenic Osteomalacia/Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, oncogenic osteomalacia, TIO, tumor-induced osteomalacia
	Panniculus/Obesity	…	Disease Entities, External Artifacts	Disease entity, External artifact, obesity, panniculus
	Panniculus	…	Disease Entities, External Artifacts	disease entity., External artifact, obesity, panniculus
	Nephrolithiasis	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entitity, Kidney stone, nephrolithiasis, renal stone
	Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia	…	Disease Entities	disease entity., MEN-1, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
	Marfan Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Marfan Syndrome
	Neuroblastoma/Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroma	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Neuroblastoma, Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma
	Hypophosphatemic Rickets	…	Disease Entities	diseasae entity, hypophosphatemic rickets, rickets
	Metastatic Breast Cancer	…	Disease Entities	Breast cancer, Disease entity, metastatic
	Laminectomy	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, laminectomy, spinal hardware
	Klinefelter Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease Entity. XXY, Klinefelter, Klinefelter Syndrome
	Hypophosphatasia	…	Disease Entities	alkaline phosphatase, Disease entity, Hypophosphatasia
	Hyperthyroidism	…	Disease Entities	disease entity., hyperthyroidsim
	Primary Hyperparathyroidism	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, hyperparathyroidism, Primary hyperparathyroidism
	Fractured Wrist	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entity., ulnar fracture, Wrist fracture
$trochanter-fracture-jpeg-cropped$	Left Greater Trochanter Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, hip fracture, Trochanter fracture
$Bilateral-hip-fracture-DXA-jpeg-cropped$	Bilateral Hip Fractures	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Bilateral hip fracture, disease entityt, hip fracture, spinal cord injury
$Femoral-neck-fracture-jpeg-cropped$	Femoral Neck Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	disease entity., Femoral neck fracture, hip fracture
	Compression Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression, compression fracture, disese entity., vertebral compression
	Compression Fracture	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	compression fracture, Disease entity, fracture, vertebral fracture
	Uterine Fibroid	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Disease entity, fibroid, internal artifact., uterine fibroid
	Elevated Bone Mineral Density	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Elevated bone mineral density, high bone mass, Z-score
	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome	…	Disease Entities	Disease entity, Ehlers-Danlos, Ehlers-Danlose syndrome, hypermobilitity
	Celiac Disease	…	Disease Entities	celiac sprue, disease entity., malabsorption, sprue
	Bridging Osteophytes	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	bridging osteophytes, DISH, internal artifact
	Degenerative Changes	…	Internal Artifacts	degenerative change, internal artifact
	Cystic Fibrosis	…	Disease Entities	cystic fibrosis; disease entity, malabsorption
	Cholelithiasis/Gallstones	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis, Disease entity, gallstones, internal artifact
	Cholelithiasis/ Gallstones	…	External Artifacts, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis; disease entity, Gallstone, internal artifact
	Calcified Tendon	…	Disease Entities	calcified tendon, calcified tendonitis, Disease entity
	Heterotopic Ossification	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	calcinosis, Disease entity, heterotopic ossification, musculoskeletal trauma., spinal cord injury
	Calcinosis	…	Disease Entities	calcinosis, Disease entity, heterotopic ossification
	Benign Bone Lesion – Bone Island	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, bone island, Disease entity, tumor
	Benign Bone Lesions – Bone Infarct	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	Benign bone lesion, bone infarct, Disease entity, internal artifact, tumor
	Benign Bone Lesion – Enchondroma	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, disase entity, enchondroma, tumor
	Benign Bone Lesion – Enchondroma	…	Disease Entities	Benign bone lesion, enchondroma; disease entity, tumor
	Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass	…	Disease Entities	bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, obesity, roux-en-y gastric bypass, weight loss
	Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head	…	Disease Entities	avascular necrosis, AVN, Disease entity, femoral head
	Ascites and Indwelling Peritoneal Dialysate	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	ascites, dialysate, Disease entity, internal artiact, peritoneal dialysate, peritoneal dialysis, renal failure
	Acetabula Protrusio	…	Disease Entities	acetabula protrusio, Disease entities
	6 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	6 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variants, lumbar spine, segmentation
	Shotgun Pellets	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, projectile, shotgun pellet
	Wallet	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, wallet
	Chromium Tablets	…	Internal Artifacts	chromium, chromium tablet, internal artifact, tablet
	Darvocet N-100 Tablet	…	Internal Artifacts	Darvocet N-100, internal artiact, tablet
	Calcium Tablets and Multiple Vitamin	…	External Artifacts	calcium, calcium pill, External artifact, multiple vitamin, tablets
	Belly Button Ring	…	External Artifacts	belly button ring, body piercing, External artifact
	Calcific Tendonitis/Bursitis	…	Disease Entities	bursitis, calcific tendonitis, Disease entity, internal artfact, tendonitis
	Gallstone	…	Disease Entities, Internal Artifacts	cholelithiasis, Gallstone, internal artifact
	Bra Clips	…	External Artifacts	Bra clips, bra fasteners, External artifact
	Zipper	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, zipper
	Rivet/Snap	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, Hip, Rivet, snap
	Rubber Bands	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, rubber band, wrist
	Key	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, key, pocket
	Motion Artifact/Tremor	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, motion artifact, tremor, wrist
	Motion Artifact/Tremor	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, motion, motion artifact, tremor
	Hand/Fingers	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, femur, fingers, Hand
	Hands/Fingers	…	External Artifacts	External artifact, hands, lumbar spine; fingers
	Bobbie Pin	…	External Artifacts	Bobbie pin, External artifact, Hip
	Bra Fasteners	…	External Artifacts	Bra fastener, clips, External artifact, fastener
	Clothing	…	External Artifacts	clothing, external artifacts, reflective strip
	Bracelet	…	External Artifacts	Bracelet, External artifacgt
	Button	…	External Artifacts	Button, External artifact
	Belly Button Ring	…	External Artifacts	belly button ring, Body piercing jewelry, External artifact, naval ring
	Belt	…	External Artifacts	beaded belt, Belt, External artifact
	Nephrectomy Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	clips, internal artifact, nephrectomy, surgical clips
	Surgical Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	black hole artifact, clips, internal artifact, surgical clips
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact., kyphoplasty, vertebral augmentation
	Vertebral Augmentation	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, kyphoplasty, vertebral augmentation, vertebroplasty
	Tablets	…	Internal Artifacts	calcium pill, calcium tablet, internal artifact, tablets
	Clips	…	Internal Artifacts	clips, gall bladder clips, internal artifact, surgical clips
	Radiographic Contrast	…	Internal Artifacts	barium, contrast, internal artifact, Radiographic contrast
	Pelvic Coils	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, lumbar spine., pelvic coil
	Pacemaker	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, Pacemaker
	Ostomy	…	Internal Artifacts	Ileostomy, internal artifact, ostomy
	Nerve Stimulator	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, lumbar spine, Nerve stimulator
	Sewing Needle	…	Internal Artifacts	internal artifact, needle, sewing needle
	Hip Osteoarthritis – How Bad Can It Get?	…	Internal Artifacts	Hip DXA, osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis
	Osteoporosis and Unexpected Osteosclerosis	…	Disease Entities	Osteomyelitis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis
	Aortic calcification on spine DXA	…	Internal Artifacts	Aorta, Calcification, Spine DXA
	Inferior Vena Caval (IVC) Filter	…	Internal Artifacts	Greenfield filter, inferior vena cava, internal artifact, IVC filter
	Gluteal Implant	…	Internal Artifacts	Gluteal implant, internal artifact
	Breast Implants	…	Internal Artifacts	Breast implant, internal artifact
	Resurfaced hip	…	Internal Artifacts	HIp hardware, hip replacement, internal artifact, Resurfaced hip
	Hip Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	HIp hardware, hip replacement, internal artifact
	Spinal Hardware	…	Internal Artifacts	hardware, internal artifact, intervertebral disc spacer, spinal fixation, spinal hardware
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifact
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifact., vascular
	Endograft	…	Internal Artifacts	endograft, internal artifactos, vascular endograft
	Catheter	…	Internal Artifacts	catheter, internal artifact
	Feeding Tube	…	Internal Artifacts	Feeding tube, internal artifact, tube
	Biliary Drainage Catheter	…	Internal Artifacts	Biliary drainage tube, catheter, internal artifact, tube
	Bowel Gas	…	Internal Artifacts	bowel gas, internal artifact
	4 Lumbar Vertebral Bodies	…	Anatomical Variants	4 lumbar vertebral bodies, anatomical variant., lumbar spine, segmentation
	AFF identified on hip DXA	…	Disease Entities	AFF, atypical femur fracture, Hip DXA
	Pseudo-AFF on hip DXA	…	Disease Entities	AFF, atypical femur fracture, Hip
	The Third Trochanter	…	Anatomical Variants	anatomical variant, Third trochanter
	Bariatric Surgery Lap Band Artifact	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, lap band, tubing
	Bariatric Surgery Lap Band Artifact	…	External Artifacts, Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, lap band
	Bariatric Surgery Artifacts- LapBand Port	…	Internal Artifacts	artifact, bariatric surgery, internal artifact, LapBand

Incorrect Forearm Positioning on a GE Healthcare Scanner

Incorrect positioning of a Forearm on a GE Healthcare Scanner

Case Description:

Incorrect Forearm Positioning GE. Ulna and radius should be centered and straight. The palm should be facing down. This image shows the radius and ulna overlapping.

Credit:

Lee Day, MD, CCD
University of South Carolina
School of Medicine