Portable X-Ray Machine
Mobile X-Ray Unit · Portable X-Ray · Mobile Radiography System · X-Ray
A wheeled X-ray unit with a motorized base, a column or arm that holds the X-ray tube, and a control panel. Digital units take the image on a wireless detector plate placed under or beside the patient and show it on the unit's screen.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Radiology brings it into the room to take plain films during or at the end of a case. It is used to find foreign bodies, stones or a retained sponge, sharp or instrument, to confirm the right level or site, to check bone alignment and implant placement, and to confirm where catheters, tubes and drains sit.
Lengths and variants
Older units expose a film cassette that must be developed; digital units use a wireless detector and show the image in seconds.
What experienced techs know
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- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 13 (Diagnostic Procedures), p. 398
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 7 (Environmental Hazards), p. 93
- carestream.com
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