bachelorThesis
Medición de la atenuación resultante en incubadoras durante la toma de imágenes de rayos X con equipos portátiles del Hospital Universitario Mayor MEDERI
Autor
Villarreal Alarcón, Ana María
Institución
Resumen
Incubators are medical devices created to provide the neonatal patient with the correct environment for their development and growth. These devices have a transparent cabin that allows to maintain the temperature and humidity, it also has a chassis holder that holds the x-ray detector, which allows images to be taken without maneuvering the patient. In the neonatal ICU service of the Mayor Méderi University Hospital, it was observed that the x-ray images taken using the chassis holder of an incubator generated a contrast that prevented the diagnosis of the patient, the radiology technologist took more images seeking to improve the quality of the image but at the same time increases the radiation dose of the patient, which as a neonate requires greater attention to these values. The aim is to review the existing attenuation percentages in the largest number of incubators in the service, testing with all possible portable x-ray equipment, since it is with this equipment that the image is taken. A percentage of attenuation is found in objects from 5 to 36% and a total attenuation between 35 and 70%. Where the equipment with higher attenuation uses a metal material tray, and the equipment with lower attenuation uses plastic objects. It is recommended to review the material of each incubator before purchase in order to avoid as much as possible the loss of quality in neonatal images.