Nobody expects a first-year student to spot a subtle nodule. They expect you to read a film in a fixed order instead of staring at the middle of it. So on this bench the answer stays locked until you have worked through the whole checklist — because being told to be systematic never works as well as being made to be.
8 films · 49 reading steps · 33 landmarks · 40 viva questions
01
Modality
Radiograph, computed tomogram, magnetic resonance or ultrasound.
02
View and region
Which projection, which part of the body, and which side.
03
Adequacy
Rotation, inspiration, projection — before you comment on anything.
Chest radiograph, PA viewPlain radiograph · Posteroanterior, erect8 reading steps · 5 viva questions
Chest radiograph — enlarged cardiac silhouettePlain radiograph · Posteroanterior8 reading steps · 5 viva questions
Chest radiograph — fluid in the pleural cavityPlain radiograph · Posteroanterior, erect8 reading steps · 5 viva questionsThe first 4 films are open to everyone; the rest need a free account. 2 more from the syllabus are held back — one plate turned out to be a teaching illustration rather than a radiograph, and one is waiting on a second opinion. We would rather leave a gap than publish something we cannot stand behind.