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Klinische und technische Erfahrungen mit der digitalen Lumineszenzradiographie bei der Phlebographie des Beines

1990; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 152; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2008-1046843

1438-9029

B. Schwermer, Guillermo Sanz, V. Nicolas, E. Bücheler,

Dermatologic Treatments and Research

Digital luminescence radiography is being increasingly integrated into clinical routine work and is fundamentally suited to replace x-ray film/screen takes. After the necessary optimization of the specific image processing procedure we examined the diagnostic efficacy of this method in respect of phlebography of the leg. If the radiation dose was reduced by 47% in relation to the reference system, the usefulness of the findings in arriving at the diagnosis was by no means reduced under the conditions of high contrast that apply in phlebography, but there was also no additional advantage in respect of diagnostic accuracy. The technical advantages concern mainly the absence of wrong exposures, the possibility of subsequent processing of the image to improve the image quality, and digital storage.