AbstractFuji Prescale pressure sensitive film will record pressures as a characteristic pink stain; the optical density response of these stains can be calibrated to allow subsequent conversion into full field pressure data. Due to its ease of use, Fujifilm has been employed extensively within animal joints. For this application, the potential disruption to the stain producing mechanism posed by the presence of joint fluids has led to the widespread use of fluid proof materials, within which the Fujifilm is protected; however, little data have been presented on the effect of protective materials on the subsequent stain response. This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the mean optical density responses of both protected film and a control group of unprotected film; the first group consisted of Fujifilm sealed between two layers of a readily available self‐adhesive material, forming sealed packets. The results indicated significant differences between groups (p<0.05); however, the effect of these differences is dependent on the method used to produce pressure data. Qualitative observations indicated that sealing reduced stain uniformity; preliminary qualitative observations regarding data manipulation methods to overcome this phenomenon are presented. Consequently, this work indicates the importance of validating methods for protecting Fuji film from fluid damage and their associated methods of data manipulatio
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