title: A comparison of carbon-fiber and aluminum front plates in rapid film changers.
abstract: The radiation transmission characteristics of 2-mm-thick aluminum front plates and 2-mm-thick carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic front plates for rapid film changers were compared. While the carbon-fiber plates were found to be intrinsically more radiolucent than the aluminum plates, the decrease in patient exposure with the carbon-fiber plates was only approximately 25%. No measurable differences in image quality were observed in carefully controlled experiments on the two types of front plates.
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum; D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002244:Carbon; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007089:Image Enhancement
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon; D000535:Aluminum