DIGITAL RECURSIVE FILTERING FOR CONTRAST AGENT DOSE REDUCTION IN FLUOROSCOPIC EXAMS

Autor: Nelson, James A., Kruger, Robert A.
Zdroj: Investigative Radiology; September 1981, Vol. 16 Issue: 5 p390-390, 1p
Abstrakt: A commercially available digital video processor, capable of recursive signal averaging and motion detection, has been used in conjunction with a standard x-ray fluoroscopy device for creating noise reduced still frames of arterial exams without the need for spot films. The unit digitizes each video frame (1/30 sec) into a 480x760 matrix of pixels. Each pixel is digitized to 256 levels (8 bits). The signal averaging capability can reduce the noise per video frame by a maximum factor of 5.6 compared to a standard video still frame. This means that the noise levels in the noise reduced still frames are equivalent to what would occur without signal averaging at a factor of 28 (=(5.62)) greater dose rate.
Databáze: Supplemental Index