[Digital thoracic radiology: devices, image processing, limits].
In a first part, the different techniques of digital thoracic radiography are described. Since computed radiography with phosphore plates are the most commercialized it is more emphasized. But the other detectors are also described, as the drum coated with selenium and the direct digital radiography with selenium detectors. The other detectors are also studied in particular indirect flat panels detectors and the system with four high resolution CCD cameras. In a second step the most important image processing are discussed: the gradation curves, the unsharp mask processing, the system MUSICA, the dynamic range compression or reduction, the soustraction with dual energy. In the last part the advantages and the drawbacks of computed thoracic radiography are emphasized. The most important are the almost constant good quality of the pictures and the possibilities of image processing.
Frija
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J
Hôpital Saint-Louis, Service de Radiologie, 1, avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France. jacques.frija@sls.ap-hop-paris.fr
de Géry
S
S
Lallouet
F
F
Guermazi
A
A
Zagdanski
A M
AM
De Kerviler
E
E
D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*