title: [Flat panel technology in the orthopaedic trauma operating room].
abstract: The advantages of flat panel detector technology with X-ray sensitive semiconductor technology has increasingly gained acceptance in the inpatient setting for diagnostic X-ray imaging in recent years and has replaced conventional X-ray films. For intraoperative imaging C-arms, not least for cost reasons, are still based on conventional image intensifier technology. By improving the robustness of the flat panel technology and cost-effective production, future spread of these technologies in the OR could be expected. Direct digital imaging with improved image quality, with a possible reduction in radiation dose while at the same time enlarging the image field, can affect the procedural quality of surgery. A return on investment can be achieved in part by saving time and avoiding additional postoperative imaging.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Klinik am Eichert, Eichertstraße 3, 73035, Göppingen, Deutschland. thomas.mattes@kae.de
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authors.lastname: Mattes
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000379:methods*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014194:Traumatology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens