Diagnostic Imaging Pathways
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  • IMAGING PATHWAYS
    • Breast Imaging
      • Breast Cancer (Staging)
      • Breast Screening
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    • Cancer Staging
      • Bladder Cancer (Staging)
      • Breast Cancer (Staging)
      • Cervical Cancer (Staging)
      • Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
      • Gastric Cancer (Staging)
      • Laryngeal Cancer (Staging)
      • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Staging)
      • Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)
      • Ovarian Cancer (Staging)
      • Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
      • Prostate Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
      • Renal Cell Cancer (Staging)
    • Cardiovascular
      • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
      • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Repair Follow-Up)
      • Aortic Dissection (Spontaneous)
      • Chest X-Ray (Pre-Operative)
      • Deep Venous Thrombosis (Arm)
      • Deep Venous Thrombosis (Leg)
      • Hypertension
      • Hypertension (Renovascular Cause)
      • Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
      • Peripheral Stent Follow-Up
      • Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
      • Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
      • Suspected Peripheral Arterial Disease
      • Suspected Stable Angina
    • Ear, Nose & Throat
      • Laryngeal Cancer (Staging)
      • Salivary Gland Swelling
      • Sinusitis (Acute)
      • Suspected Chronic Rhinosinusitis
      • Tinnitus
      • Vertigo
    • Endocrine
      • Adrenal Mass (Incidental On CT)
      • Cushing's Syndrome
      • Foot Ulcer (Diabetic)
      • Goitre (Investigation)
      • Hyperaldosteronism (Primary Suspected)
      • Hyperparathyroidism (Primary Suspected)
      • Hyperthyroidism
      • Osteoporosis (Suspected)
      • Phaeochromocytoma
      • Pituitary Dysfunction or Mass (Suspected)
      • Thyroid Nodule (Incidental)
    • Gastrointestinal
      • Acute Abdominal
        • Acute Abdomen (Overview)
        • Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
        • Cholecystitis (Acalculous, Suspected Acute)
        • Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
        • Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Left)
        • Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Right)
        • Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
        • Loin Pain (Renal Colic)
        • Pancreatitis (Acute)
      • Gastrointestinal
        • Abdominal Pain (Chronic)
        • Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
        • Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
        • Colorectal Cancer (Suspected)
        • Crohn's Disease (Suspected)
        • Dyspepsia
        • Dysphagia
        • Gastric Cancer (Staging)
        • Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Acute)
        • Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Obscure)
        • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Suspected)
        • Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)
        • Upper Quadrant Pain (Chronic Right)
      • Hepatic
        • Ascites
        • Focal Liver Lesion (History of Malignancy)
        • Focal Liver Lesion (Investigation)
        • Hepatocellular Cancer (Surveillance)
        • Hepatocellular Cancer (Suspected)
        • Liver Lesion (Incidental)
      • Pancreatic and Biliary System
        • Cholecystitis (Acalculous, Suspected Acute)
        • Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
        • Cholestatic Jaundice
        • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
        • Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
        • Pancreatic Cyst (Incidental)
        • Pancreatitis (Acute)
        • Pancreatitis (Chronic)
      • Miscellaneous
        • Abdominal Blunt Trauma
        • Abdominal Plain X-Ray (Indications)
        • Abscess (Intra-Abdominal)
        • Drug Trafficking (Suspected)
    • Musculoskeletal/Trauma
      • Musculoskeletal (Non-Trauma)
        • Bone Metastases
        • Bone Pain
        • Chronic Shoulder Pain
        • Foot Ulcer (Diabetic)
        • Hip (Avascular Necrosis)
        • Hip Pain (Non-Traumatic)
        • Knee Pain (Non-Traumatic)
        • Low Back Pain
        • Multiple Myeloma
        • Neck Pain (Non-Traumatic)
        • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
        • Osteomyelitis (Suspected Acute)
        • Soft Tissue Mass
        • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
      • Musculoskeletal (Trauma)
        • Acute Traumatic Shoulder Pain
        • Ankle Injury
        • Bone and Joint Trauma (Overview)
        • Cervical Spine Injury
        • Facial Trauma
        • Hip Fracture (Suspected)
        • Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
        • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
        • Shoulder (Pain or Instability)
        • Stress Fracture (Suspected)
        • Thoraco-lumbar Spine Trauma
        • Wrist Fracture (Suspected)
      • Trauma
        • Abdominal Blunt Trauma
        • Chest Trauma
        • Head Injury (Adult)
        • Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
        • Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
        • Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
        • Suspected Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
      • Miscellaneous
        • Foreign Body (Suspected)
        • Orbital Foreign Body (Suspected)
        • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
    • Neurological
      • Dementia
      • Head Injury (Adult)
      • Headache (Adult)
      • Headache (Thunderclap)
      • Meningitis (Suspected)
      • Multiple Sclerosis
      • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
      • Pituitary Dysfunction or Mass (Suspected)
      • Psychosis (First Episode)
      • Seizure (Investigation)
      • Spinal Cord Compression (Suspected)
      • Stroke
      • Transient Ischaemic Attack
      • Vertigo
    • Obstetric & Gynaecological
      • Adnexal Masses (Incidental)
      • Amenorrhoea (Secondary)
      • Bleeding (Abnormal Pre-Menopausal)
      • Bleeding (First Trimester)
      • Bleeding (Post-Menopausal)
      • Cervical Cancer (Staging)
      • Ectopic Pregnancy (Suspected)
      • Endometriosis (Suspected)
      • Fetal Wellbeing (Assessment)
      • First Trimester Screening
      • Haemorrhage (Antepartum)
      • Intrauterine Growth Restriction (Suspected)
      • Ovarian Cancer (Staging)
      • Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
      • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
      • Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
      • Tubo-ovarian Torsion (Suspected)
    • Paediatric
      • Paediatric, Abdominal Pain (Acute Non-Traumatic)
      • Paediatric, Elbow Injury
      • Paediatric, Head Trauma
      • Paediatric, Headache
      • Paediatric, Headache (Recurrent)
      • Paediatric, Hip Developmental Dysplasia
      • Paediatric, Hip Pain
      • Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
      • Paediatric, Injury (Non-Accidental)
      • Paediatric, Knee Pain
      • Paediatric, Limp
      • Paediatric, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Paediatric, Neck or Back Pain
      • Paediatric, Paranasal Sinus (Suspected)
      • Paediatric, Pneumonia (Recurrent or Persistent)
      • Paediatric, Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)
      • Paediatric, Scoliosis (Adolescent)
      • Paediatric, Seizure
      • Paediatric, Sinusitis (Acute)
      • Paediatric, Stridor (Persistent)
      • Paediatric, Urinary Tract Infection
      • Paediatric, Vomiting
    • Respiratory
      • Bronchiectasis
      • Chest Trauma
      • Chest X-Ray (Pre-Operative)
      • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (Suspected)
      • Dyspnoea (Chronic)
      • Haemoptysis
      • Mediastinal Mass (Suspected)
      • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Staging)
      • Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Stable)
      • Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Unstable)
      • Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
      • Raised Hemidiaphragm on CXR
      • Respiratory Illness (Acute)
      • Solid Pulmonary Nodules
      • Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules
    • Trauma
      • Head
        • Suspected Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
        • Head Injury (Adult)
        • Paediatric, Head Trauma
      • Musculoskeletal
        • Ankle Injury
        • Bone and Joint Trauma (Overview)
        • Cervical Spine Injury
        • Facial Trauma
        • Hip Fracture (Suspected)
        • Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
        • Leg Ischaema (Acute)
        • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
        • Osteoporosis (Suspected)
        • Scaphoid Fracture
        • Shoulder (Pain or Instability)
        • Stress Fracture (Suspected)
        • Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma
      • Paediatric
        • Paediatric, Elbow Injury
        • Paediatric, Head Trauma
        • Paediatric, Injury (Non-Accidental)
        • Paediatric, Knee Pain
        • Paediatric, Neck or Back Pain
        • Paediatric, Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)
      • Visceral
        • Abdominal Blunt Trauma
        • Chest Trauma
        • Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
        • Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
    • Urological
      • Bladder Cancer (Staging)
      • Haematuria (Painless Microscopic)
      • Haematuria (Painless Visible)
      • Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
      • Loin Pain (Renal Colic)
      • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
      • Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
      • Prostate Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
      • Renal Cell Cancer (Staging)
      • Renal Failure (Acute or Acute on Chronic)
      • Renal Mass
      • Renal Transplant Dysfunction (Acute)
      • Scrotal Mass
      • Scrotal Pain (Acute)
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    • Bleeding Risk and Assessment
    • Common Procedures
      • Ultrasound
      • Gastrointestinal Contrast Examinations
      • Computed Tomography
      • High Resolution Computed Tomography
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Nuclear Medicine
      • Positron Emission Tomography
    • Contrast Agents
      • Iodinated Contrast for CT scans
      • Gadolinium Contrast for MRI scans
      • Ultrasound Contrast Media
    • General Principles in Requesting and Providing Imaging Investigations
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    • Imaging Pathways
      • Ankle Injury
      • Bowel Cancer (Staging)
      • Deep Venous Thrombosis (Arm)
      • Deep Venous Thrombosis (Leg)
      • Headache (Constant or Repeated)
      • Hip Fracture (Suspected)
      • Hypertension
      • Low Back Pain (Acute)
      • Lung Cancer (Staging)
      • Neck Pain (Non-Traumatic)
      • Renal Colic
      • Respiratory Illness (Acute)
      • Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)
      • Shoulder (Pain or Instability)
      • Sinusitis (Acute)
      • Sinusitis (Chronic)
      • Stress Fracture (Suspected)
    • Imaging Procedures
      • Angiography (Angiogram)
      • Arthrogram
      • Bone Scan
      • Computed Tomography (CT)
      • Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography
      • Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
      • Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)
      • Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
      • Myelogram
      • Orthopantomogram (OPG)
      • Percutaneous Transthoracic Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) or Biopsy
      • Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
      • Renal Artery Angioplasty and Stent
      • Renal Scan
      • Ultrasound
      • Ultrasound (Doppler)
      • Ultrasound (Endoscopic Rectal)
      • Venography (Venogram)
      • X-ray (Chest)
      • X-ray (Plain Radiograph)
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  • Trauma
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Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Musculoskeletal Trauma Pathways

Musculoskeletal Trauma Pathways

  • Acute Traumatic Shoulder Pain
  • Ankle Injury
  • Bone and Joint Trauma (Overview)
  • Cervical Spine Injury
  • Facial Trauma
  • Hip Fracture (Suspected)
  • Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
  • Leg Ischaema (Acute)
  • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
  • Osteoporosis (Suspected)
  • Stress Fracture (Suspected)
  • Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma
  • Wrist Fracture (Suspected)

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