A Rig for Acquisition of Standardized Trabecular Bone Radiographs

Pawel Podsiadlo, Gwidon Stachowiak

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Abstract

To assess osteoarthritic changes in knee joints a radiography rig for acquisition of standardized radiographs of trabecular bone has been developed. The rig contains a steel frame on castors, a turntable, a cassette holder frame, calibration Plexiglas sheets, body supports and points. It is used to lock the patient in a standardized position. A film cassette holder frame was also developed to reduce scattering of X-rays, and consequently the amount of noise in the radiographs. Calibration Plexiglas sheets were mounted on ball bearing slides to obtain radiographs without a calibration pattern (suitable for the analysis of trabecular bone texture) and radiographs containing a calibration pattern (suitable for the measurement of leg alignment).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-103
JournalActa Radiologica
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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