Questions tagged [x-rays]

I am a veterinary medicine student and I am trying to understand why x-rays are read in a laterally inverted fashion. Example: Since this is a DV projection and the head is at the top of the image, it would lead one to believe the left side of the…

Usually, I take x-rays once a year with my dentist. Is this harmful? Am I at risk of getting cancer? Sometimes, I have to see a dental specialist, such as an periodontist, and the assistant to the periodontist would proceed to take "full-mouth…

Apparently the anterolateral aspect of the radius head is fractured. I can not identify where this is. After asking other people I believe it could be the hairline white line near the neck of the radius bone although it doesn’t match the description…