title: Detection of urinary stones at reduced radiation exposure: a phantom study comparing computed radiography and a low-dose digital radiography linear slit scanning system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this experimental study we assessed the diagnostic performance of digital linear slit scanning radiography compared with computed radiography (CR) for the detection of urinary calculi in an anthropomorphic phantom imitating patients weighing approximately 58-88 kg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with CR, linear slit scanning radiography is superior for the detection of urinary stones and may be used for pretreatment localization and follow-up at a lower patient exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Berne University Hospital and University of Berne, Switzerland. zsolt.szuecs@insel.ch
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szucs-Farkas
authors.forename: Dev P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Harriet C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Thoeny
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loupatatzis
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: Harald M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bonel
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*