Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between an image-intensifier system and a newer-generation flat-panel detector system — technical phantom measurements and evaluation of clinical imaging in children

Autor: Theo Diehm, K. Wolfgang Neff, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Meike Weis, C Hagelstein
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Pediatric Radiology. 46:286-292
ISSN: 1432-1998
0301-0449
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3456-z
Popis: Many image-intensifier fluoroscopy systems have been replaced by flat-panel detectors in recent years. To compare the level of contrast, image resolution and radiation dose between an image-intensifier and a newer-generation flat-panel detector system in a pediatric radiology unit. We compared two systems — a conventional image intensifier and a newer-generation flat-panel system. We measured image quality and radiation dose using a technical phantom. Additionally, we retrospectively compared age-matched fluoroscopic pediatric voiding cystourethrography (n = 15) and upper gastrointestinal investigations (n = 25). In phantom studies image contrast was equal while image resolution was higher and mean radiation dose lower using the flat-panel system (P
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