An in vitro study comparing two different film-screen combinations in the detection of impacted fish bones
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1998
Abstract
Dried fish bones from eight species of Malaysian fish were placed in an animal cadaver at four sites (tonsil, valleculae, larynx and oesophagus) and radiographed using a double and a single film-screen combination. The use of the single film-screen combination resulted in visibility of all fish bones placed in the larynx, two of which were not visible on the double film-screen combination. There was a 50% increase of the visibility of the fish bones in the oesophagus using the single film-screen combination. The difference in dose and cost between the two different film-screen combinations was not significant.
Keywords
Animals, Bone and Bones/radiography
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
The British Journal of Radiology
Volume
71
Issue
849
Publisher
British Institute of Radiology
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