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    The document discusses different types of radiographic artifacts including exposure, processing, and handling/storage artifacts. Exposure artifacts are associated with how radiographs are taken and can include unexpected objects, double exposures, motion blur, grid cut-off, and poor screen-film matching. Processing artifacts occur during development and include roller marks, dirty rollers, chemical fog, streaking, and reticulation marks. Handling/storage artifacts involve improper film handling and storage conditions and can lead to light fog, kink marks, pressure marks, static marks, stains, and fingerprints.

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    The document discusses different types of radiographic artifacts including exposure, processing, and handling/storage artifacts. Exposure artifacts are associated with how radiographs are taken and can include unexpected objects, double exposures, motion blur, grid cut-off, and poor screen-film matching. Processing artifacts occur during development and include roller marks, dirty rollers, chemical fog, streaking, and reticulation marks. Handling/storage artifacts involve improper film handling and storage conditions and can lead to light fog, kink marks, pressure marks, static marks, stains, and fingerprints.

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    The document discusses different types of radiographic artifacts including exposure, processing, and handling/storage artifacts. Exposure artifacts are associated with how radiographs are taken and can include unexpected objects, double exposures, motion blur, grid cut-off, and poor screen-film matching. Processing artifacts occur during development and include roller marks, dirty rollers, chemical fog, streaking, and reticulation marks. Handling/storage artifacts involve improper film handling and storage conditions and can lead to light fog, kink marks, pressure marks, static marks, stains, and fingerprints.

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    ARTIFACTS

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    The document discusses different types of radiographic artifacts including exposure, processing, and handling/storage artifacts. Exposure artifacts are associated with how radiographs are taken and can include unexpected objects, double exposures, motion blur, grid cut-off, and poor screen-film matching. Processing artifacts occur during development and include roller marks, dirty rollers, chemical fog, streaking, and reticulation marks. Handling/storage artifacts involve improper film handling and storage conditions and can lead to light fog, kink marks, pressure marks, static marks, stains, and fingerprints.

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    RT 123

    RADIOGRAPHIC
    ARTIFACTS
    PREPARED BY GABRIELLE JOYE B. POTENCIANO, RRT
    Introduction
    ➢ Artifacts are undesirable optical densities or blemishes on a radiograph
    or any other medical image.
    ➢ It is any irregularities on an image that is not caused by the proper
    shadowing of tissue by the primary x-ray beam.
    ➢ Artifacts can interfere with the visualization of anatomical structures
    and can lead to misdiagnosis.
    ➢ Artifacts can be controlled when their cause is identified.
    RADIOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS

    01 EXPOSURE ARTIFACTS
    HANDLING AND
    03
    STORAGE ARTIFACTS

    02 PROCESSING ARTIFACTS
    1. EXPOSURE
    ARTIFACTS
    Associated with the manner in which the radiographer
    conducts the examination.

    GOOD REJECT ACCEPTABLE


    01 Unexpected foreign objects

    GOOD RADIOGRAPHS
    01 Unexpected foreign objects

    CAUSE: Improper patient preparation


    01 Unexpected foreign objects

    In cases of trauma, pins, fasteners, dressings, and splints often have to


    remain in place because their removal could be dangerous to the patient.
    02 DOUBLE EXPOSURE

    CAUSE: Reuse of
    cassettes
    already exposed
    03 Motion Blur

    CAUSE: Improper
    patient
    movement,
    including
    breathing
    04 Grid cut-off artifacts

    CAUSE: Improper
    patient
    positioning
    05 Obscured detail

    CAUSE: Poor
    screen-film
    contact
    06 Wrong Screen-Film Match

    CAUSE: Improper
    match of film
    and screen
    combination; e.g.
    speed, film base
    06 Warped Cassette

    CAUSE: Leaking of
    light, Poor
    cassette
    condition
    2. PROCESSING
    ARTIFACTS
    Any number of artifacts that can be produced during
    processing. (Both Manual and Automatic)

    GOOD REJECT ACCEPTABLE


    01 ROLLER MARKERS: Guide Shoe Marks

    CAUSE: Improper
    position or springing
    of guide shoes in
    turnaround
    assembly
    02 ROLLER MARKERS: Pi Lines

    CAUSE: Dirt
    or
    chemical stains on
    roller
    03 Dirty rollers

    CAUSE: Dirty
    or
    warped rollers,
    which can leave
    sludge
    deposits on film
    04 Chemical fog

    CAUSE: Improper or
    inadequate
    processing
    chemistry
    05 Curtain effect

    CAUSE: Improper
    squeezing of
    processing
    chemicals
    from film
    06 Wet- pressure sensitization

    CAUSE: pressureduring
    development and
    produce small circular
    patterns of increased
    OD.
    07 Emulsion Pick-Off

    CAUSE: Emulsion removed from the


    previous films that is either stuck
    on processor rollers or dissolved in
    the developer solution is
    deposited on subsequent images
    08 Dichroic stain

    CAUSE: 1) Improper or inadequate


    chemistry term generally applied to all
    chemical stain, dichroic means Two
    colors, chemical; stains seen on a
    radiograph can appear yellow, green,
    blue or purple,
    2) Caused by continued
    development in the fixer, never occur
    in automatic processor
    09 Streaking

    CAUSE: Failure
    of agitation,
    improper circulation
    system of automatic
    processing
    10 Reticulation marks

    CAUSE: Uneven solution,


    High temperature causing
    excessive expansion and
    contraction of film
    emulsion during
    processing
    3. HANDLING AND
    STORAGE ARTIFACTS
    A number of artifacts that are caused by improper film
    handling and storage conditions.

    GOOD REJECT ACCEPTABLE


    01 Light or radiation fog

    CAUSE: White-lightleaks
    in the darkroom or
    within the cassette
    cause streak like
    artifacts of increased
    OD
    02 Kink marks

    CAUSE: It
    is caused by
    the kinking or abrupt
    bending of film.
    03 Pressure marks

    CAUSE: Thefilm is
    stacked too high
    in storage
    04 Static marks

    CAUSE: build-up of
    electrons in the
    emulsion and is most
    noticeable during the
    winter or during periods
    of extremely low
    humidity.
    05 Hyporetention Stains

    CAUSE: Thiosulfate is
    left on the film
    because of
    inadequate
    washing
    06 Fingerprints

    CAUSE: Black:
    Developer on
    fingertips; White:
    Oil or Fixer on
    fingertips blocks
    developer
    THANK YOU!

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