Change:  useful tooladdition forto the radiographers techniqueradiographer's toolkit. The head clamps shown above are home-made and so should be within the capabilities any engineer or plastics fabricator. The foam is custom cut with a computer controlled foam cutter. ....back to the applied radiography home page here   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 368)

Change:  The skull clamps should not be used with patient's who have temporal injuries or with patients who are likely to cause blood staining to the foam. The head clamps can be used passively to assist the patient to   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 361)

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Change: ----under construction---- Introduction Skull radiography technique can be a challenging part of radiography. Children in particular find the experience distressing and will strongly resist on occasions. The skull clamps were designed to assist the radiographer to immobilise the patient's head during skull radiographyHistory The design was   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 265)

Change: in the tuetrue AP position. Simply place the clamps next to the patient's head during the X-ray exposure. Additional Applications The radiographers usetheuse the skull clamps as a cassette holder for horizontal ray projections. When placed   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 229)

Change: Created by M.J.Fuller Feb 22 2008, 6:59 AM EST for: no reason given