Strotzer, Michael and Voelk, Markus and Reiser, Maximilian and Lenhart, Markus and Manke, Christoph and Gmeinwieser, Josef and Holzknecht, Nicolaus and Link, Johann and Feuerbach, Stefan (2000) Chest radiography with a large-area detector based on cesium-iodide/amorphous-silicon technology - Image quality and dose requirement in comparison with an asymmetric screen-film system. JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING, 15 (3). pp. 157-161. ISSN 0883-5993
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate a large-area, flat-panel X-ray detector, which uses cesium-iodide (CsI) and amorphous silicon (a-Si). Conventional images were compared with digital images acquired with equal dose (2.5 mu Gy) and with 50% dose reduction. Fifteen consecutive patients were studied prospectively using an asymmetric screen-film system (detector dose, 2.5 mu Gy). Digital images were taken from the same patients in a posteroanterior view with detector doses of 2.5 and 1.25 mu Gy, respectively. The CsI/a-Si active-matrix imager had a panel-size of 43 x 43 cm, a matrix of 3 x 3k, and a pixel-pitch of 143 mu m. Hard copies were presented in a random order to eight independent observers, who rated image quality according to six subjective quality criteria. Statistical significance of differences was evaluated with Student's t test for paired samples (confidence level, 95%). Digital radiographs with 2.5 and 1.25 mu Gy were superior to conventional images regarding all quality criteria. Statistically significant differences were observed for five of six criteria at a detector dose of 2.5 mu Gy and for only one quality feature at 1.25 mu Gy. mat-panel digital imagers based on CsI/a-Si technique have the potential to replace conventional systems and might allow a reduction of radiation dose by 50% without loss of image quality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; AMORPHOUS-SILICON; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; LESIONS; thorax radiography; radiography, comparative studies; radiography, digital; amorphous silicon; dose reduction |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2022 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2022 10:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/42362 |
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