When I was a resident at Johns Hopkins in the 1960s, we had a Faxitron cabinet X-ray unit, used mostly for breast specimens, but very useful for searching for metal densities in surgical specimens. It used Polaroid negative film. A digital radiographic unit is available nowadays - see
http://www.faxitron.com/sites/default/files/pdf/1006-3-46%20Top-10-Cancer-Centers.pdf A pathology department wouldn't be able to convince management to spring for one of these, but it might be possible to share it with a surgical suite. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
