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Home Imaging after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Hip replaced, symptomatic, hx of acute injury, radiography performed, next imaging study 3196549
CT hip without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually appropriate
MRI hip without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
US hip
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Image-guided aspiration hip

Varies
Varies 		Usually not appropriate
MRI hip without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan hip
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan with SPECT or SPECT/CT hip
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT hip with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT hip without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan and gallium scan hip
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan and gallium scan with SPECT or SPECT/CT hip
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
FDG-PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Fluoride PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
WBC scan and sulfur colloid scan hip
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate