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Abreugraphy is a variant of the chest X-ray and its name is given from the name of its inventor, Dr. Manuel Dias de Abreu. It is a small radiographic image, also called miniature mass radiography (MMR) or miniature chest radiograph. Though its resolution is limited (it does not allows the diagnosis of [[lung cancer]], for example) it is sufficiently accurate for diagnosis of tuberculosis. | Abreugraphy is a variant of the chest X-ray and its name is given from the name of its inventor, Dr. Manuel Dias de Abreu. It is a small radiographic image, also called miniature mass radiography (MMR) or miniature chest radiograph. Though its resolution is limited (it does not allows the diagnosis of [[lung cancer]], for example) it is sufficiently accurate for diagnosis of tuberculosis. | ||
It is much less expensive than traditional X-ray and it | It is much less expensive than traditional X-ray and it was quickly adopted and extensively utilized in some countries, in the 1950s. For example, in Brazil and in Japan, tuberculosis prevention laws went into effect, obligating 60% of the population to undergo MMR screening. | ||
The procedure went out of favor, as the incidence of tuberculosis dramatically decreased, but is still used in certain situations, such as the screening of prisoners and immigration applicants.<ref name="pmid1292710">{{cite journal| author=Bonvin L, Zellweger JP| title=Mass miniature X-ray screening for tuberculosis among immigrants entering Switzerland. | journal=Tuber Lung Dis | year= 1992 | volume= 73 | issue= 6 | pages= 322-5 | pmid=1292710 | doi=10.1016/0962-8479(92)90034-H | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1292710 }} </ref> | The procedure went out of favor, as the incidence of tuberculosis dramatically decreased, but is still used in certain situations, such as the screening of prisoners and immigration applicants.<ref name="pmid1292710">{{cite journal| author=Bonvin L, Zellweger JP| title=Mass miniature X-ray screening for tuberculosis among immigrants entering Switzerland. | journal=Tuber Lung Dis | year= 1992 | volume= 73 | issue= 6 | pages= 322-5 | pmid=1292710 | doi=10.1016/0962-8479(92)90034-H | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1292710 }} </ref> | ||
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Abreugraphy
Abreugraphy is a variant of the chest X-ray and its name is given from the name of its inventor, Dr. Manuel Dias de Abreu. It is a small radiographic image, also called miniature mass radiography (MMR) or miniature chest radiograph. Though its resolution is limited (it does not allows the diagnosis of lung cancer, for example) it is sufficiently accurate for diagnosis of tuberculosis.
It is much less expensive than traditional X-ray and it was quickly adopted and extensively utilized in some countries, in the 1950s. For example, in Brazil and in Japan, tuberculosis prevention laws went into effect, obligating 60% of the population to undergo MMR screening.
The procedure went out of favor, as the incidence of tuberculosis dramatically decreased, but is still used in certain situations, such as the screening of prisoners and immigration applicants.[1]
References
- ↑ Bonvin L, Zellweger JP (1992). "Mass miniature X-ray screening for tuberculosis among immigrants entering Switzerland". Tuber Lung Dis. 73 (6): 322–5. doi:10.1016/0962-8479(92)90034-H. PMID 1292710.