title: Low kilovoltage, nonscreen mummy radiography.
abstract: In the past, radiographic studies of mummies relied on relatively high kilovoltage techniques with intensifying screens. This article discusses mummy radiographs produced using a low kilovoltage technique and a nonscreen film holder. The author compares images of a single mummy produced with both techniques, demonstrating that the low kilovoltage, nonscreen technique reveals soft tissue structures and the materials used to cover the mummy in greater detail.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging Program, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Conn., USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conlogue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009106:Mummies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens