Device for facilitating precise alignment in bedside radiography.
The difficulty associated with achieving precise alignment in a bedside radiographic setting has led many departments to abandon the use of a grid and forfeit the improved contrast it affords. The authors describe a method of alignment that has proved successful in overcoming the hazards of grid cut-off in a bedside setting. The method affords obtainment of reproducible high-quality bedside radiographs with a 10:1 linear grid.
O'Donovan
P B
PB
Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5001.
Skipper
G J
GJ
Litchney
J C
JC
Salupo
A J
AJ
Bortnick
J R
JR
D001513:Beds; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation; D013679:Technology, Radiologic