[A comparison of digital radiography and conventional x-ray diagnosis for shoulder arthrography].
Fifty double-contrast arthrographies of the shoulder were obtained using conventional film-screen methods as well as by digital luminescence radiography (DLR). The supplied picture-evaluation programs had to be modified and improved prior to this study. In DLR two different post-processed images were obtained, one resembling a conventional film-screen, the other with an intensified edge-enhancement. Some of the digital luminescence radiographs were exposed with only 50% of the conventional doses. A comparison showed the equivalent diagnostic values of both the improved DLR and the conventional film screen. Even a reduction of the exposure dosage did not lead to a loss of information.
Radiologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität München.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001175:Arthrography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries