[Digital radiology with photostimulable image plates and conventional radiology in the study of the interstitial pathology of the lung].
To evaluate the diagnostic possibilities of Digital Radiography (DR) and of Conventional Radiography (CR) in the diagnosis of fine chest lesions, 100 patients with AIDS were examined with both techniques. The gold standards were 67Ga scintigraphy and bronchial washing in 100 patients and Computed Tomography (CT) in 50 patients. The data obtained from DR and CR examinations were separately evaluated by 4 readers and subsequently analyzed by ROC curves with Standard Error calculation and by comparing the areas below the characteristic curves with Student's paired t-test (p less than or equal to 0.05). Statistical analysis showed DR and CR to be of equivalent diagnostic value in the study of interstitial lung diseases.
Sartoni Galloni
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Servizio di Radiologia I, Ospedale Maggiore, USL 27, Bologna.
Burzi
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Stamati
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Miceli
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Guidarelli
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Sabbatani
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S
Pastori
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D006801:Humans; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012372:ROC Curve; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*
La radiologia digitale a piastre fotostimolabili e la radiologia tradizionale nello studio della patologia interstiziale del polmone.