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First observation of a wooden foreign body in soft palate by means of synchrotron X-ray refraction contrast
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First observation of a wooden foreign body in soft palate by means of synchrotron X-ray refraction contrast

Koichi Mori, Norio Sekine, Hitoshi Sato, Naoto Shikano, Daisuke Shimao, Hideaki Shiwaku, Kazuyuki Hyodo and Kenjirou Ohashi
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers, Vol.41(8), pp.5490-5491
08/01/2002
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.5490

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Abstract

A clear image of a wooden chopstick penetrating the soft palate of a pig-head was obtained using highly coherent synchrotron X-ray. The image was recorded on a mammography film with an intensifying screen at an X-ray energy of 35 keV. The tubular tissues as sieve tubes or ducts in the chopsticks appeared as white-black line images by means of X-ray refraction contrast. This method may enable development of an accurate diagnostic method in the field of penetrating trauma by wood.
Diagnostic radiography Image analysis Image recording Light refraction Mammography Synchrotron radiation

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