Radiographic film fog artifact caused by fluorescent bandage.
Film fog is a common cause of x-ray film artifact. The authors report an unusual source of film fogging in the darkroom--seen in three consecutive radiographs of two different patients--the exposure of film to the low light emission of a fluorescent commercial adhesive bandage worn by the technologist. Heightened awareness of the effects of these bandages will help avoid creation of this film fog artifact.
Feinstein
R S
RS
Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
Gribbin
C E
CE
Tokarz
R J
RJ
D016477:Artifacts; D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D014962:X-Ray Film