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The Fluoroscope early 1950s.(POETRY)(Poem)
Quadrant; 7/1/2005; Compton, Jennifer; 104 words
; THE FLUOROSCOPE EARLY 1950S It was the polished wooden throne in the shoe shop that you mounted in your brand new school shoes with a curtain on ...
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If the shoe fits, you should wear it
The Topeka Capital-Journal; 8/29/2003; Capital-Journal; 897 words
; Who remembers the shoe fitting fluoroscope? Karen Larkins, writing in the July ... across the country?" The idea of the fluoroscope was that an x-ray of a person's foot ... Washington, D.C., where a shoe-fitting fluoroscope is on display. He said, "visitors over ...
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Dangers of high-dose fluoroscopy. (Student Scope).(preventing radiation injuries)
Radiologic Technology; 5/1/2003; Parks, Patrick M.; 2360 words
; Over the years, the fluoroscope has been a valuable tool to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries. It also has proven harmful to patients and ... and angioplasty. In these procedures, a small catheter is introduced into a major blood vessel and guided, using a fluoroscope, to a location of interest. Then a ...
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Pre-action disclosure allowed under CPLR 3102(c)
Daily Record (Rochester, NY); 8/11/2004; Kevin M. Momot; 978 words
; ... procedures required the use of an imaging fluoroscope or x-ray machine. During this procedure ... prior agreement of the parties, the fluoroscope machine was made available for photographing ... inspection. The hospital advised Langley the fluoroscope would be dismantled on July 1. The court ...
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Eyes on the inside
Missoulian; 2/7/2006; Chaney, Rob; 583 words
; ... blood vessels from the inside. The new fluoroscope banishes that procedure to the medical ... Community Medical Center. He said today's fluoroscopes can produce images with much less radiation ... the patient from all equipment in the fluoroscope suite and rushing them to a surgical ...
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My Life as a Dump; Risking Life and Lung in the Toxic American Century
The Washington Post; 3/28/1993; Robert H. Williams; 2077 words
; ... where I would stand with my feet, in their shoes, inserted beneath an oblong box, like a low, enclosed lectern, called a Fluoroscope, which shot X-rays into my toes, gonads, liver and brain and let me see clearly what the bones of my feet looked like underneath ...
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Spine cement Spine repair
The Topeka Capital-Journal; 7/2/2001; Lisa M. Sodders Capital-Journal; 1108 words
; ... at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Allen used a fluoroscope to check the position of the needle; the cement is mixed ... Buessing was given a local anesthetic and sedated. Using a fluoroscope, which projects an X-ray image onto a screen, Allen located ...
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Radiopacity-improving powders.(raw materials: A selection of raw materials available to the industry.)
Medical Device Technology; 9/1/2006; 80 words
; ... powders, manufactured by Merck, can be used in medical devices such as catheter tubing to enhance contrast under X-ray or fluoroscope, and, therefore, improve accuracy for locating or positioning the device during procedures. All materials are backed with ...
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Torrance hospital's new operating room gives surgeons help from above
Daily Breeze; 4/9/2007; 810 words
; It comes with all the latest in equipment, including a dedicated fluoroscope and permanent anesthesiology station. It has viewing screens and cameras for every possible angle, and a sliding surgical table ...
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SIDEBAR MACHINES WERE A FIXTURE IN SHOE STORES
The Boston Globe; 11/6/1995; Richard Saltus, Globe Staff; 302 words
; ... went to get their Buster Browns. Today, the shoe-fitting fluoroscopes are a bygone and perplexing memory of the Atomic Age. Many ... and the bones glowed ghostlike. Rather than a snapshot, the fluoroscope produced a continuous shower of X-rays to the feet -- and ...
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