Abstract
A new radiographic method for gastric cancer mass surveys requires the use of a futon-mat for radiographing the gastric anterior wall so that the positioning of the stomach of an examinee can be optimized. However, specific effects of the futon-mat have rarely been reported. In our investigation, a bath towel was used instead of the futon-mat: so, we hereby report on the usefulness of the rolled bath towel, which was arbitrarily applied when radiographing the gastric anterior wall, and the shape of which was adjusted according to the shape of the stomach.
A total of 83 stomachs (43 standard stomachs and 40 transverse stomachs), which were examined by the direct radiography for upper gastrointestinal portions, were employed for this study. The bath towel was adjusted like a Norimaki. A thin-rolled bath towel was used for the standard stomach, and a thick-rolled bath towel was used for the transverse stomach. Using the double contrast method for the gastric anterior wall of the standard and transverse stomachs, three matters (the positioning, picture range and contrast image on X-ray films) were comparatively studied between the two groups, with and without a bath towel compression.
It was concluded that the last two matters were best attained for the standard stomach by the use of the rolled bath-towel, while all the three matters were best obtained for the transverse stomach by the use of the bath towel roll.
Thus, the rolled bath towel method (i.e., Norimaki method) was found as an extremely useful technique to attain quality images, and the adjustment of the rolled bath towel to its best shape was so easy.
