Device for facilitating precise alignment in bedside radiography.

The difficulty associated with achieving precise alignment in a bedside radiographic setting has led many departments to abandon the use of a grid and forfeit the improved contrast it affords. The authors describe a method of alignment that has proved successful in overcoming the hazards of grid cut-off in a bedside setting. The method affords obtainment of reproducible high-quality bedside radiographs with a 10:1 linear grid.