title: [Clinical study with angiography system using a flat panel detecter].
abstract: We have been using an X-ray angiography system that incorporates a flat panel detector (FPD) since December 2001. This system is equipped with the scintillator-type FPD PaxScan 4030A from Varian Medical Systems, and for objective comparison of the image intensifier (I.I.) and FPD, the system is constructed so that these detectors can be used alternatively. Using this system and other X-ray angiography systems, visual studies have been conducted on the digital subtraction angiography (DSA) images acquired by FPD and I.I. We have found from the clinical images that the FPD is superior to the I.I. in depiction of fine blood vessels as well as of physical characteristics. Fluoroscopy images acquired by the FPD were not entirely satisfactory, however the improvement made in its performance now permits equal use of the FPD and I.I. systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Hospital.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichida
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okusako
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Masachika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shougaki
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawahata
authors.forename: Takehisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosogai
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatagawa
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens