title: Assessment of digital chest radiography using stimulable phosphor.
abstract: In this pilot study, conventional and digital radiography of the chest was compared in 170 patients. Two digitized radiographs, one frequency modified and one simulating the conventional film-screen combination, and the conventional films were reviewed independently by 5 radiologists with different experience. In spite of the smaller size and lower spatial resolution of the digitized compared with the conventional radiograph, only slight differences were revealed in the observation of different pulmonary and mediastinal changes. Digitized radiography is therefore considered suitable for chest examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kehler
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Albrechtsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lárusdóttir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pettersson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens