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[Development of unique supporting pad for performing chest radiography on patients in wheelchairs]
Tsutomu Nakano1, Haruhisa Ogawa
1Department of Radiology, University of Occupational Envilonmental Health.
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.
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