[Comparative assessment of diagnostic capacities of thoracic fluorography, film x-ray study and small-dose digital x-ray study]
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X-ray Dose Reduction through Adaptive Exposure in Fluoroscopic Imaging
Published on: September 11, 2011
Abstract:
The efficiency of small-dose digital X-ray study (SDDXRS) of the chest versus film X-ray study (FXRS) and fluorography was studied during prophylactic surveys. SDDXRS competes only with FXRS in evaluating the normal anatomic structures and it compares much favourably with fluography. In chest abnormalities, SDDXRS, unlike FXRS, cannot reveal fine linear shadows, detect bullae in the lung, the upper margin of pleural exudates, changes in the bones worse, but shows soft focal shadows of the decay cavity, abnormal changes behind the shadow of the heart. The efficiency of SDDXRS was superior to fluography in detecting tuberculosis in all points, at the same time SDDXRS virtually have no spoilage that is about 18% at fluography.
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