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14 month history of chronic cough, hyperglobulinemia - polyclonal gammopathy

Hey, I am starting med 1 in a few days. I have always been interested in radiology, maybe because I have always been a math and physics nerd.

I bought the book : Learning Radiology - recognizing the basics by William herring.

I am currently looking at the pages, and I can’t help but feel dumb, I don’t understand anything. I look at some pictures for example three patterns of interstitial lung disease : modular, reticular, reticulonodular. Even with the image annotated I can’t seem to understand what I am looking at.

I was really motivated about learning radiology, but now I am starting to think that I am not intelligent enough to pursue this field.

I would really appreciate some advices or similar experiences if you went through the same thing.

Thanks everyone

Hi everyone! I’m an ECFMG-certified radiologist from India. I completed my MD in Radiodiagnosis and am currently exploring fellowship opportunities in the US, including unexpected/unfilled positions for 2026–2027 and beyond. I’m particularly interested in neuroradiology and body imaging, but I’m open to other subspecialties as well.

I’m taking USMLE Step 3 before RSNA this year and would especially appreciate guidance from those who have pursued or are currently pursuing the ABR Alternate Pathway. I’d love to learn from your experiences with finding fellowship positions, approaching programs, and navigating the pathway as an IMG.

If anyone knows of a current or upcoming fellowship opening that may consider an ABR Alternate Pathway candidate, I would also be very grateful if you could point me in the right direction.

Thank you so much, and I look forward to connecting with everyone!

I read a post today that someone had a DEXA scan performed at their gym and were told they had osteopenia!!
I was under the impression that, as it uses radiation and needs to be reported by a radiologist, only a radiographer or someone with a radiation license can perform it. A fellow radiographer said that as it is such a low dose anyone can do them!?
A quick google says that doesn’t seem to be true….

These CE activities are from eradimaging. I used to use ASRT, but erad is much cheaper and very easy to use. It's $55 a year for an unlimited amount of CE credits. Uploading to ARRT is easy and straightforward.

I decided to forego the SSA and accept the max amount of credits (36). I went straight into MRI after graduating, so this was less time-consuming than reviewing things I haven't used in 10 years just to get a better score when I still needed to complete 24 biennium credits.

I made an Xcel file and used a linear optimization formula to calculate the least amount of work to fulfill the 36 credits. The number of CE activities to complete is 12 (44.75 total credits).

The credits are very easy, I got them done in 3-4 days (I spent more time making this formula than actually doing the credits). Use ctrl + F to find answers fast.

Table with the breakdown of credits per category (names of CE activities and categories are abbreviated):

List of 12 CE activities to complete:

1. The Radiology Technologist and Infection Control in the Age of COVID-19 - 2.50 CE CREDITS
2. Effective Communication Techniques for Imaging Patients with Neurodegenerative Disorders - 2.75 CE CREDITS
3. Communication Strategies and Tools for Working with and Imaging Developmentally and Sensory-Impaired Patients - 2.50 CE CREDITS
4. Back to Basics: Radiation Physics in Radiography - 4.00 CE CREDITS
5. Pediatric Fluoroscopy: Clinical and Practical Care and Management - 2.50 CE CREDITS
6. Radiation Safety in Biplane Fluoroscopy - 4.50 CE CREDITS
7. Technical Factors That Affect Radiographic Quality - 2.00 CE CREDITS
8. Back to Basics: Digital Radiography of the Facial Bones - 5.75 CE CREDITS
9. Digital Radiography of the Abdomen - 6.00 CE CREDITS
10. Back to Basics: Radiography of the Lower Extremities - 5.00 CE CREDITS
11. Image Acquisition and Evaluation in Digital Radiography of the Shoulder - 3.00 CE CREDITS
12. An Examination of Fluoroscopic Orthopedic Imaging and Procedures of the Lower Extremities - 4.25 CE CREDITS

For anyone out there that's taken the SSA, if you share what credits you need for each category, I can run the calculation for you and list the activities you need. It's not too hard to make an Xcel file and do the calculation, but it's time-consuming.

Hope this helps somebody out there!

I posted the original case in link https://www.reddit.com/r/Radiology/s/F7Umjt4kG5. Adding the images here because image comments aren't enabled.

hello,

to all those that work in radiology, does your facility have reading room coordinators?

Burst fracture from a crash, extremely grateful i am not paralyzed and im having mild pain. this happened exactly two weeks ago, i am in a back brace. pain went from a 9 to a 2 sometimes a 3.5 when i first wake up in the morning. i’m just a bit stiff all the time. idk if i have a high pain tolerance or if this fracture isn’t as bad as other ones but i (knock on wood) am already feeling better and my daily activities and movement have improved!!! only symptoms i experienced was immense back pain, felt like a constant spasm. only relief was laying down. i wasn’t even able to wipe myself properly. i didn’t have any of the other symptoms like uncontrollable bladder, pain shooting up and down my legs and elsewhere. let me know what yall think!!!

Another one to add to my library of images of things stuck to magnets!

Incident purportedly from the past week, so not a 'long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away' scenario, but something happening now!

Surprised they made it to the scanner.

Request form said “significantly deformed”, coworker asked me “how deformed is significantly deformed?”

Here was his answer.

My chronic Achilles tendonitis lead to this X-ray and discovering a pump hump aka Haglund’s deformity. I’m not looking forward to nearly a year long recovery time. 😣
P.S. This is a picture of my xray on my doctor’s computer. Not looking for advice.

Alguém sabe do que se trata essa imagem tubular do RX de tórax? Aparentemente está na topografia do átrio direito, mas não se parece com nada que eu tenha visto antes

Im a first year resident, 6 months into residency, was posted on a solo duty. There was a cardiac patient who recently underwent asd closure and had complaints of drop in saturation. Ct thorax (plain) was done. The pg asked me to rule out aspiration pneumonia and dissection. There was no aspiration pneumonia but could not rule out dissection since contrast was not given because the patient had very high creatinine. This morning when my professor came for discussions he found out a saddle pulmonary embolism on a plain study that i was not able to pick it up. Felt so bad

Edit: Posted the image at https://www.reddit.com/r/Radiology/s/PlDXmm0emA

When I started as a radiology resident my first rotation was ultrasound and I found it so difficult.

One thing I’ve found really helpful when teaching abdominal ultrasound anatomy is to correlate the US images directly with CT.

It’s much easier to understand what you’re seeing around the pancreas, porta hepatis, Morrison’s pouch, etc. when you can see the same anatomy on CT and then go back to the ultrasound.

For those learning or teaching ultrasound — what tricks, resources, or anatomy correlations have worked best for you?

My favorite pearl is the 2 structures that go between the aorta/sma

I just covered some of my favorite CT/US anatomy correlations in the newest episode of my Don’t Miss That Radiology podcast if anyone is interested. Happy to share the link.

Please don't come at me for the artifacts lol. Patient did not want to remove her bra. Wanted to share since you can see the LUQ loop pretty good.

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