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Anna Beattie, M.D.  
Female
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Specialties: Radiology

National Health Service
United Kingdom
My Posts
Acceptable Dosage of Radiation in short time frame
Jul 09, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
I appreciate that you are concerned about your radiation exposure and it is always worth asking your physician whether exposure to radiation is necessary or whether there is another test that may give the diagnosis as accurately with less risk. Having said that, often imaging using radiation helps detect serious diseases and therefore without having the infor...
high t1 signal on a c spine
Jul 09, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
I am sure your study will be read by a radioogist who will be able to give you more answers. There are a few things that can cause high signal on T1 mainly fat, blood and contrast. I wonder whether there was high t2 signal with contrast enhancement on T1 in the same region. However, the best thing is to get a radiology opinion and they can correlate the imagi...
long term risk with repeated CT scans
Jun 24, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
The absolute risk of radiation exposure is unknown in the medical field. However, it is generally accepted that high levels of radiation may increase the risk of cancer in a large population, but cannot predict which individuals will be affected. On the other hand, the benefits of fully investigating patients to investigate for potentially dangerous condition...
radiation in breast cancer
Jun 24, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
I apologise that neither Dr Seth nor myself are radiation oncologists and are unable to advise you. Is this perhaps something you can discuss with your oncologist?
xray & ct scan results
Jun 16, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
A CT scan is better than a plain x ray at looking for damage to the bones. However, it cannot assess other tissues particularly well and these can obviously be involved with an injury. As your symptoms are persisting then I would recommend you seek further clinical assessment to determine whether further investigations may be useful.
CT scan reading question
Jun 16, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
THe caecum is a region of the intestine at the start of the large bowel. Neither ultrasound nor a standard CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis are optimal at imaging the colon. There can be many causes of thickening such as bowel muscle contraction, inflammation including infection or cancer. The colonoscopy will allow direct visulisation of the bowel wall and if n...
UK questioner, so prefer Anna Beattie MD response if you would be so kind - regarding hip MRI
Jun 16, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
I am sorry to hear of your symptoms. The best test to look at the cauda equina is an MRI of the lumbar spine. However, it sounds as if the doctor you saw was arranging to investigate your for pain rather than your urinary symptoms. If this is the case and clinically he feels the pain is from your hip then this may be the reason why the hip MRI has been order...
gastrograffin amounts
Jun 15, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
Different centres have different protocols for examinations, depending on local experience/preference/diagnostic consideration. I am not sure the context of hypopigmentation - it does not sound as if it is related to radiology.
CT Head-Brain WO Contrast
Jun 15, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
I am not sure what your question is, but hope that it has been answered by the clinicians looking after your son.
MRI Results
Jun 15, 2008 in the Radiology (Diagnostic) Expert Forum
We unfortunately don't arrange to interpret scans on this website. However, as far as I am aware, many countries have a system which enables a second opinion on diagnosis and scans.