Technical data

Contrast medium experiment with a blood vessel model

Article no: P2541905

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Principle

When a blood vessel model is irradiated with X-rays, the blood vessels themselves are not visible at first. It is only after the injection of a contrast medium that the blood vessels become visible.

Benefits

Effective demonstration of how a contrast medium can be visualized with X-rays
Excellent entry-level experiment for medical students

Tasks

Inject a 50% potassium iodide solution into the blood vessel model.
Observe the fluorescent screen of the X-ray basic unit to follow the course taken by the injected solution in the blood vessel model.

Learning objectives

X-ray radiation
Bremsstrahlung
Characteristic radiation
Law of absorption
Mass absorption coefficient
Contrast medium

Scope of delivery

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