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MS case 1
Five Basic Densities
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Introduction
• Let's learn some basics about radiography!
• After reviewing the cases, you will see a
brief introduction into how radiographs are
created and why we see the different
densities described in the cases.
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The 5 different radiographic densities
• 1 = air
• 2 = fat (or in this
case, olive oil)
• 3 = water
• 4 = bone (some
poor guy’s hand --
not good radiation
safety technique!)
• 5 = metal
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Case 1: This in an 8 year old boy – he
swallowed something...
• What density is
the foreign body?
What do you think
it is?
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Case 1: This in an 8 year old boy – he
swallowed something...
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Close up of the same patient
• It is a coin (metal
density)
• If you look closely,
you can see
where this kid ate
lunch.
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Case 2: 15 year old...also swallowed something
• What densities do
you see here?
• Anything that
doesn't belong?
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Case 2: 15 year old...also swallowed something
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Case 3: Lateral chest x-ray in a toddler - he
swallowed something too
• What densities do
you see?
• Anything
abnormal?
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Case 3: Lateral chest x-ray in a toddler - he
swallowed something too
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The next few slides will
discuss how radiographs are
made, and then we’ll look at a
few more examples
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Discussion
• How are radiographs (x-rays) made?
• Radiographs are produced when a
beam of excited particles (photons)
travel through an object and hit a
receptor or "plate" on the other side
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Discussion
• These photons then either cause a
chemical reaction or activate receptors on
a digital plate. It is this reaction that
ultimately creates an image.
• The number of photons that hit the
receptor determines the "density" seen on
the image.
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Discussion
• The more photons that hit the receptor (i.e.
the more photons that travel through the
object being imaged), the more "black" the
resulting image will be.
• The more photons that are blocked by the
object, the more "white" the image will be.
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• For example:
• A piece of metal blocks the majority of the photons,
therefore the resulting image shows a “white” area
where the metal object is.
• A piece of water or soft tissue (for our purposes, they
are the same thing) blocks many of the photons, but
not nearly as many as metal, therefore the resulting
image is light gray.
• Air essentially blocks none of the photons, so the
resulting image is black.
Discussion
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• The number of photons that are blocked
by an object can be altered by increasing
or decreasing the "energy" of the x-ray
beam
• The more energy, the more photons
pass through the object.
• This can result in images being
"overexposed" or "underexposed“
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• As radiologists, we use the different radiographic
densities to help us distinguish both normal
anatomic structures, and different pathological
processes.
• For example:
• If a patient has pneumonia, we may see
water/soft tissue density in the lung where we
would normally expect to see air density (the
lung normally contains enough air to
essentially be "air density" on radiographs).
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• This is the essence of all of radiography
(and computed tomography - CT). We
exploit the different radiographic densities
to let us see what is going on
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REMEMBER:
There are 5 basic radiographic densities!
1)AIR
2)FAT
3)WATER/SOFT TISSUE
4)BONE
5)METAL
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Finally, two examples of what
can go wrong…
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CXR with improper technique
• TOO FEW
PHOTONS
GETTING
THROUGH
• THE IMAGE IS
TOO 'WHITE'
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Chest x-ray with improper technique
• TOO MANY
PHOTONS
GETTING
THROUGH
• THE IMAGE IS
TOO 'BLACK'