@article{Amran_mohd rais_2018, title={THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT JUBAH DRESS’ MATERIALS ON IMAGE QUALITY USING COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY (CR) ON KNEE X-RAY: A BOVINE STUDY}, volume={2}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/162}, DOI={10.31436/ijahs.v2i2.162}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">Introduction: </span><span class="fontstyle2">In medical imaging practice, the act of removing any clothes from the<br>region of interest is justified as to prevent the presence of artefacts on radiographs.<br>However, by doing so, the ‘aurah’ of the patients, especially for the Muslims, are not<br>observed and can be considered as violating their privacy if they are not wellinformed beforehand. Previous studies have proved that radiographs with the<br>presence of some fabric materials on the region of interest are radiographically<br>acceptable. Therefore, the aims of this study are to tackle the issue of exposing one’s<br>‘aurah’ for a knee x-ray examination to take place and also to add insufficiency from<br>the previous studies. </span><span class="fontstyle0">Methods: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The effect of three different jubah dress’ materials;<br>heavy dull satin, high quality lycra and moss crepe on radiographic image quality for<br>both anteroposterior (AP) and lateral knee x-ray examinations are evaluated. The<br>effect on radiographic image quality by the manipulation of tube potentials on each<br>jubah dress’ materials are also evaluated. A bovine’s knee is used to simulate human’s<br>knee as opposed to previous studies which only utilized KYOTOKAGAKU phantom.<br>Four experienced observers blindly graded image quality using Visual Grading<br>Analysis (VGA). </span><span class="fontstyle0">Results: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This study shows that all three of the jubah dress’ materials<br>produce no artefacts on images and at the same time, present no significant effect on<br>radiographic image quality. The manipulation of tube potentials on each jubah dress’<br>materials also equally gives the same result. However, some increment to tube<br>potentials is recommended to improve image quality. </span><span class="fontstyle0">Conclusions: </span><span class="fontstyle2">It can be<br>concluded that a knee x-ray examination can be done without the need to remove<br>either heavy dull satin, high quality lycra or moss crepe.</span></p>}, number={2}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES}, author={Amran, Umi Nadrah and mohd rais, nur nadiah}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={292–303} }