CT and MR evaluation of a wooden foreign body in an in vitro model of the orbit.
We made an in vitro model of a wooden foreign body using both fresh and dry pine wood in both fat and soft-tissue background mediums. Air/wood/background medium interfaces were studied with MR and CT to determine which method provided the best image contrast for detecting a wooden foreign body. CT was demonstrated to be superior to MR in the evaluation of the orbit in the in vitro model.
McGuckin
J F
JF
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
Akhtar
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Ho
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Smergel
E M
EM
Kubacki
E J
EJ
Villafana
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T
D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood