The clinical trial of TOMOTRON--a new electronic device--and eight months' clinical experience.
We have been using digital tomography (TOMOTRON) clinically for eight months. Its advantages include savings in both time and dose, good image quality through increased contrast, and improved magnification and image postprocessing compared with conventional tomography. However, lower image resolution and small image sections are the disadvantages of digital tomography. Weighing these advantages and disadvantages by our experience, the diagnostic accuracy of digital tomography is higher than conventional tomography, particularly in skeletal studies.
D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation*