Obstacles In Radiology

One of the biggest goals in radiology is to keep the patient safe. There are many different ways to insure that the patient is safe when it comes to taking the perfect X-ray. One of the biggest and first things that the radiographers should do is confirm that they have the right patient. After confirming the patients name and date of birth the radiographer would also confirm the body part that is injured. Depending on the body part size and mass the radiographer would than determine how to set the kVp and mAs to allow for the lowest radiation for the patient.
When the radiographer is setting the kVp and mAs they should also to take into consideration how far the source to image distance is. Meaning how much distance is from the x-ray