Comparative study between mobile computed radiography and mobile flat-panel radiography for bedside chest radiography: Impact of an antiscatter grid on the visibility of selected diagnostically relevant structures

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Naguib, Nagy N N ^a,b   Wutzler, Sebastian ^a   Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Kerl, Josef Matthias ^a   Burkhard, Thorsten ^a   Schulz, Boris ^a   Larson, Maya Christina ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Balzer, Joern O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c Catholic Clinic Mainz   (Germany)

Author keywords

antiscatter grid; bedside chest radiography; computed radiography; image quality; mobile flat panel detector

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE X RAY UNIT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHIC GRID; RATING SCALE; SOFT TISSUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890428743     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182a56654     Document Type: Article

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