Argon beam coagulator electrode tip mimicking a metallic foreign body.

Objective: Our purpose is to describe the appearance of an argon beam coagulator electrode tip that may become fractured and detached during surgery.

Conclusion: Knowledge of the potential for fracture and detachment and recognition of the characteristic radiographic appearance of the argon beam coagulator electrode tip allows radiographic identification of this metallic foreign body.

Using Six Sigma to improve the film library.

The film library of a film-based radiology department is a mission-critical component of the department that is frequently underappreciated and under-staffed. A poorly performing film library causes operational problems for not only the radiology department, but for the institution as a whole. Since Six Sigma techniques had proved successful in an earlier CT throughput improvement project, the University of Texas M.