DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS RADIOGRAPHICAL AND PHOTOGRAPHICAL EXAMINATIONS ON THE EYE AND THE ORBITAL REGION

摘要

The invention concerns a device for the localization of intraocular foreign bodies and for exophthalmometry. The device can be mounted on any standard model of an X-ray stand usable for skull examination and makes it possible to take simultaneously a radiograph and a photograph of the orbital region of the patient. The photograph and the radiograph are obtained on transparent film material and with exactly the same magnification. The photograph and the radiograph are positioned upon each other in a correct relative position and viewed together in penetrating light. The combined radiograph and photograph reveales both the skeleton and the soft parts as well as any foreign radiopaque bodies in the orbital region and the anterior part of the skull, wherefore the position of any such foreign body can be easily determined or any exophthalmos can be easily detected and accurately measured respectively.