PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of storage phosphor and digital selenium radiography (DSR) with asymmetric and symmetric screen-film systems at different speeds in the detection of simulated interstitial lung disease and catheters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patterns of simulated interstitial lung disease and catheters were superimposed over an anthropomorphic chest phantom. Hard-copy images were generated at DSR (200-, 400-, and 600-speed), storage phosphor radiography (200- and 400-speed), and asymmetric (400-speed) and symmetric (200- and 400-speed) screen-film imaging. Surface doses were measured, and receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were found between the detector systems with the same speeds for each interstitial pattern. Significantly poorer results were found at 600-speed DSR than at 200-speed DSR. Detection of catheters and nodules over high-attenuation areas was significantly worse with the symmetric screen-film system than with the other detectors. The surface dose with the DSR system, without a grid, was about 50% less than that of the other detector systems, with grids, at the same speed. CONCLUSION: No significant difference was found in the diagnostic performance at DSR, storage phosphor radiography, and film-based radiography for simulated interstitial lung disease at corresponding speeds; there was a reduction in the surface dose of about 50% with the 400-speed DSR system.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of storage phosphor and digital selenium radiography (DSR) with asymmetric and symmetric screen-film systems at different speeds in the detection of simulated interstitial lung disease and catheters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patterns of simulated interstitial lung disease and catheters were superimposed over an anthropomorphic chest phantom. Hard-copy images were generated at DSR (200-, 400-, and 600-speed), storage phosphor radiography (200- and 400-speed), and asymmetric (400-speed) and symmetric (200- and 400-speed) screen-film imaging. Surface doses were measured, and receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were found between the detector systems with the same speeds for each interstitial pattern. Significantly poorer results were found at 600-speed DSR than at 200-speed DSR. Detection of catheters and nodules over high-attenuation areas was significantly worse with the symmetric screen-film system than with the other detectors. The surface dose with the DSR system, without a grid, was about 50% less than that of the other detector systems, with grids, at the same speed. CONCLUSION: No significant difference was found in the diagnostic performance at DSR, storage phosphor radiography, and film-based radiography for simulated interstitial lung disease at corresponding speeds; there was a reduction in the surface dose of about 50% with the 400-speed DSR system.
Authors: N Sakai; H Yabuuchi; M Kondo; Y Matsuo; T Kamitani; M Nagao; M Jinnouchi; M Yonezawa; T Kojima; Y Yano; H Honda Journal: Br J Radiol Date: 2015-07-08 Impact factor: 3.039
Authors: Y Yano; H Yabuuchi; A Kairada; N Tanaka; J Morishita; T Akasaka; Y Matsuo; T Kamitani; Y Yamasaki; M Nagao; M Sasaki Journal: Br J Radiol Date: 2014-05-29 Impact factor: 3.039