Babies Getting X Rays Meme

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Babies getting x rays meme. The tube in. One from the back of the chest if the child is old enough to stand up for the x ray and one from the side. The contraption he s in is called a pigg o stat. Haybale hayden28 mowziii glad i m not the only one who finds this hilarious.

Usually two are taken. In younger children a picture from the front of the chest is taken as well as from the side. And some parents agreed it was funny sharing pictures of their own kids getting x rays. Computed tomography ct scans combine x ray with computer processing to create detailed pictures scans of cross sections of the body that are combined to form a three dimensional x ray image.

Most of those tests are x rays which use relatively low levels of radiation. Those things work great one person wrote on reddit. About one in eight scans ordered for kids is a ct scan. In alaska i had like 5 10 infant chest x rays a day and that thing made my job 100 percent easier.

The following are examples. It turns out this photo originally posted on reddit of a baby squished into a tube like a lil baby deposit is actually of him getting a tiny x ray. However it is not what it seems. The images of crushed babies that sit motionless inside a transparent tube have become viral in social networks.

There are many types of x rays that are used to diagnose conditions and diseases. Radiographers appear to like it. Didn t decrease between 2007 and 2015. Mammography is a type of x ray radiograph that is used to detect breast cancer.

As it turns out the little tyke was getting an x ray. The device in which the baby is hanging out is a pigg o stat which is designed to hold the baby still during the x ray process.