Bettlunge
English translation: Bedside [or “portable”] chest radiographs were obtainable only by using an ordinary grid [cassette]
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| na | lung images (taken) at the bedside |
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| na | Bedside [or “portable”] chest radiographs were obtainable only by using an ordinary grid [cassette] |
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5 hrs
lung images (taken) at the bedside Explanation: A search on the Web for "Bettlunge" produced several relevant entries. See for example: http://www.kodak.de/DE/de/health/produkte/portable.shtml where I found the following quote: >>Das KODAK INSIGHT VHC Portable Imaging System wurde speziell für den Einsatz unter schwierigen Bedingungen entwickelt. .... Mit anderen Worten: Das KODAK INSIGHT VHC Portable Imaging System erleichtert die Arbeit und Sie erhalten aussagekräftige Aufnahmen selbst unter schwierigen Bedingungen. ... Aussagekräftige Bettlungen-Aufnahmen ließen sich nur mit Hilfe eines herkömmlichen Lamellenrasters erzielen. ...<< Web; experience as medical translator |
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Bedside [or “portable”] chest radiographs were obtainable only by using an ordinary grid [cassette] Explanation: >>Bedside [or “portable”] chest radiographs were obtainable only by using an ordinary grid [cassette]<< There is a condition known as Bettlungenentzündung = hypostatic pneumonia (Reuters & Reuters) but this should not call for distinctly different technique from other lung conditions associated with infiltration/consolidation, all of which benefit from the use of a grid [cassette]. Unless the article deals with this condition in particular, I would assume they’re talking about bedside radiography with a mobile unit (portable in the jargon). The American usage is chest radiograph (chest x-ray); not lung radiograph 15 years in radiology, 15 in the radiological equipment industry; hands-on with 60 – 70,000 patients Incidentally, a grid in this context is a thin assembly of fine lead strips that absorb a high percentage of obliquely scattered radiation (from the patient;s body) that would “fog” the film -- with intervening plastic strips, that allows the nearly parallel useful radiation that contains the “image” to pass through, resulting an a much clearer image. Used for all but the thinesst body parts. May be stationary (as in a grid cassette) or reciprotating, then it's called a Potter-Buckly diaphram, as in an x-ray table. see above |
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amendment Explanation: I omitted an essential part of the answer. It should have read: >>Satisfactory bedside [or “portable”] chest radiographs were obtainable only by using an ordinary grid [cassette]<< --- _Satisfactory_ in the sense of good diagnostic quality, without excessive scattered radiation. Apologies previously stated |
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