title: [The amorphous selenium based flat-panel detector. Clinical experiences].
abstract: The possibility of acquiring digital radiographic images has been marked with a rapid development. The main advantages of such images are, above all, the electronic dispersal of images, the economical archiving and the computer supported post processing. The recently introduced large-area flat panel detectors offer, contrary to storage-phosphor-based computed radiography, a direct read-out modality. It must be emphasized that differences between direct and indirect detector technology exist,which we will discuss here. The working and advantages of the amorphous selenium based direct-conversion detectors will be examined in detail. Clinical cases will be presented based on a three-year experience with over 200,000 exposures with a detector chest unit.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Radiologie, Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH Kaiserslautern.
authors.forename: E-L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Herbig
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D012643:Selenium; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium