title: Radiographic film fog artifact caused by fluorescent bandage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Feinstein
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gribbin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tokarz
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D014962:X-Ray Film