Stuff Learned in Radiology
Here is an incomplete list of some “stuff learned” thus far in my radiology elective:
1) For MRIs, in T1 images, fat appears bright and water appears dark. In T2 images, water is bright and fat is dark.
2) In a diffusion study, CSF appears black.
3) To differentiate between infarction and tumor, you need contrast, and tumors have thick walls.
4) If it hurts when you walk, but not at rest, think vascular claudication. If it’s the opposite, think neurogenic claudication.
5) If someone is on heparin, and they experience trauma, you can see a rectus abdominus hematoma.
6) Everything about uterine fibroid embolizations (UFEs), including indications, contraindications, complications, procedure, etc. It’s pretty cool!
Apparently, I also learned a bunch of other stuff, but I either can’t remember it right now, or can’t read my extremely crappy handwriting. So, that’s it for now!
Note: I have a very super cool book with radiological images, but unfortunately it’s currently packed up in a box being stored at my parents’ farm, so this is the best I could do on short notice.
My name is Kendra and I am a newly minted doctor about to begin my residency in Psychiatry at 
cooooooooooool!
radiology is for losers
endocrine is for the real doctors.
I am a single mother and am very worried about the rotations. as you can imagine its difficult enough to hop from one state to another, but do it with a other responsibilities its another level. I saw that brooklyn has most of the cores. do you have to be there late at night? do you take the metro? how safe is it and where is the best place to move with a child?