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Radiographic Examination of the Obese Patient

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Successful radiographic examination of morbidly obese patients is difficult because of their immense size and body habitus. This is true whether conventional radiographic imaging or isotope technique is used. By the inverse square law, the intensity of radiation is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from its source. Because the anterior-posterior diameter of an obese patient can be three times that of a normal-sized patient, the obese patient may require nine times the radiation to achieve the same film exposure and diagnostic information as his normal-sized counterpart.

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Meland, J.M. (1984). Radiographic Examination of the Obese Patient. In: Surgery for Morbid Obesity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8245-4_11

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