title: An in vitro study comparing two different film-screen combinations in the detection of impacted fish bones.
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.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Abdullah
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kaur
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Ng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005931:Glottis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006041:Goats; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000592:standards*