title: [Xero-radiography of the thorax(author's transl)].
abstract: In over 150 patients, comparative chest examinations were carried out using films and xerography.  The following results were obtained: Using xerography, image quality depends significantly on the size and shape of the imaging structure and on its marginal sharpness.  Using a sectional technique and xerography, pulmonary vessels, bronchi, hilar structures and various linear changes are more clearly demonstrated than with ordinary film.  Xerography has no advantage in showing changes occupying a large area.  Routine use of xerography for chest examinations is limited by the size of the selenium plates and the higher radiation dose required.
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001995:Bronchography; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013249:Sternum; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014986:Xeroradiography
vernacular_title: Zur Xeroradiographie des Thorax