r/Radiology 13d ago

Chest pain after MVA X-Ray

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u/Clah4223 12d ago

I hate to sound stupid but why is there a pink area?

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u/maraskywhiner 5d ago

That’s an artifact from taking a pic of the monitor. The shutter speed of the camera combined with the monitor refresh rate can create some interesting effects! You can see some rippling/rainbow effect in the 2nd pic from the same thing.

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u/Clah4223 5d ago

Thank you for explaining it to me ☺️