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ANALYSIS OF REJECTED FILMS OF SELECTED EXAMINATION IN A TERTIARY RADIODIAGNOSTIC CENTER IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA.

*Osahon O.D.1, Asemota O. I.², Olajide B. O.³ and Igbinovia O. J⁴

Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.¹
Igbinedion Education Centre, 218/220 Mutarla Mohammed way, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.²
Medical Physics Unit, Department of Radiology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria³
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.⁴
 

 Corresponding authors email:osahon@uniben.edu
 

Accepted  22 March 2016

A study involving a reject film analysis of rejected radiographs in the X-ray Department of a public teaching hospital in Benin City was conducted. The objectives of the study were to: evaluate image quality, determine the reject rate in conventional radiology procedures and ascertain the causes of defects on the rejected films. The authors collected rejected films for a period of three months using a multipurpose-designed data collection form. Film radiographs collected were sorted out in order of film sizes and examination types. Six different film sizes were used during this period and about 36 different X-ray diagnostic examinations were considered. A total of 8074 X-ray films were collected during the study period. 719 radiographs were rejected. Chest radiographs were the most frequently rejected accounting for (11.7%). The most frequently rejected size was the 24×35cm accounting for (28.1%). The most frequent cause of film rejects was due to exposure factor (41.6%)..

Keywords: Rejected films, radiograph, radio-diagnoses, image quality.
 

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