title: [Development of unique supporting pad for performing chest radiography on patients in wheelchairs].
abstract: Chest radiography is a widely used X-ray inspection. The numbers of patients who use wheelchairs in everyday life has increased in Japan, and their need for radiography has also increased. A unique supporting pad that enables chest radiography for patients in wheelchairs has been developed. This supporting pad applies the force of the patient's weight and the frictional force to hold a cassette on. Performing chest radiography in the wheelchair using the supporting pad reduces the corporal burden of the patient in the wheelchair and the radiological technologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Occupational Envilonmental Health.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Haruhisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014910:Wheelchairs