Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The power of MRI


This is an MRI scan (from Radiology Picture of the Day) of the outer ear.

Why are we learning clinical examination skills, when I will just be able to fill out a request form for a scan of the relevant surface anatomy and have the radiologist and radiographers do the work for me? ;)
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3 comments:

  1. HarryOctober 17, 2007 at 6:28 AM

    hehehe maybe they'd be so kind to do my pbl for me also?!

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  2. The ShrinkOctober 17, 2007 at 9:44 AM

    Y'know, some specialities don't have blood tests showing abnormal haematological or biochemical indices giving you a diagnosis, or imaging studies showing what's wrong . . . we've still to dabble in clinicalness some of the time ;-)

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  3. The GirlOctober 17, 2007 at 4:26 PM

    Couldn't you still utilise a 3-D MRI to examine the overall disposition and facial expression of the patient? :D

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