[Thoracic diagnosis at the intensive care unit: digital radiography].
Only few reports have been published so far on the clinical use of digital luminescence radiography (DLR). We report on 3.000 x-ray examinations of the thorax in the intensive-care ward performed by us since a suitable system (Philips PCR) had been installed in December 1987. The following advantages must be pointed out in respect of using DLR in thoracic diagnosis in the intensive-care ward: No faulty exposures; the thorax can be x-rayed with the patient recumbent in bed, with lateral take: the image brightness in maintained at a constant level by histogram selection; electronic image processing and storage. Hence, DLR entails considerable improvement in x-ray diagnosis of intensive-care patients.
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Radiologische Klinik der Universität-Hamburg, Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik.
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D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Thoraxdiagnostik auf der Intensivstation: Digitale Radiographie.