Soft Tissue Radiography in Painful Shoulder

Abstract

Specialized soft tissue radiography was applied to the shoulder region to differentiate between shoulder peritendinitis and radiating cervical pain. The technique is presented, together with the results of a clinical trial. Local inflammation was demonstrable even in the absence of calcific deposits.

An objective assessment of synovitis of the knee: measurement of the size of the suprapatellar pouch on xeroradiography.

“…As demonstrated by Weston,9 it is possible to obtain satisfactory images of periarticular structures by using fine grain radiographic film, but the technique requires a low kilovoltage x-ray tube and special facilities for developing the film. 15 In addition the exposure factors have to be precisely chosen because of the reduced film latitude. On conventionally exposed radiographs the suprapatellar pouch was so variably shown that measurement of its size was not practical in a previous study (Renton, personal communication).…”