Thoracic spine imaging: a comparison between radiography and tomosynthesis using visual grading characteristics

E Ceder, B Danielson, P Kovàč, H Fogel… - Radiation Protection …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The aim of the present study was to evaluate digital tomosynthesis (DTS) in thoracic spine
imaging, comparing the reproduction of anatomical structures with that achieved using …

Tomosynthesis of the thoracic spine: added value in diagnosing vertebral fractures in the elderly

M Geijer, E Gunnlaugsson, S Götestrand, L Weber… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives Thoracic spine radiography becomes more difficult with age. Tomosynthesis is a
low-dose tomographic extension of radiography which may facilitate thoracic spine …

Effective dose to patients from thoracic spine examinations with tomosynthesis

A Svalkvist, C Söderman, M Båth - Radiation Protection …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The purposes of the present work were to calculate the average effective dose to patients
from lateral tomosynthesis examinations of the thoracic spine, compare the results with the …

Retrospective estimation of patient dose–area product in thoracic spine tomosynthesis performed using VolumeRAD

M Båth, C Söderman, A Svalkvist - Radiation Protection …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a recently developed method of
retrospectively estimating the patient dose–area product (DAP) of a chest tomosynthesis …

Dependency of image quality on acquisition protocol and image processing in chest tomosynthesis—a visual grading study based on clinical data

M Jadidi, M Båth, S Nyrén - The British Journal of Radiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To compare the quality of images obtained with two different protocols with
different acquisition time and the influence from image post processing in a chest digital …

Evaluation of a new system for chest tomosynthesis: aspects of image quality of different protocols determined using an anthropomorphic phantom

M Jadidi, A Sundin, P Aspelin, M Båth… - The British Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To compare the image quality obtained with the different protocols in a new chest
digital tomosynthesis (DTS) system. Methods: A chest phantom was imaged with chest X-ray …

A clinical image preference study comparing digital tomosynthesis with digital radiography for pediatric spinal imaging

JM King, IA Elbakri, M Reed… - Medical Imaging 2011 …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic quality of digital tomosynthesis (DT)
images for pediatric imaging of the spine. We performed a phantom image rating study to …

[HTML][HTML] Upright tomosynthesis of the lumbar spine

N Conrads, AS Kunz, H Huflage, TS Patzer… - Academic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives This experimental study investigates the potential of lumbar spine
tomosynthesis to offset the traditional limitations of radiographic and computed tomography …

Image fusion of reconstructed digital tomosynthesis volumes from a frontal and a lateral acquisition

J Arvidsson, C Söderman… - Radiation Protection …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Digital tomosynthesis (DTS) has been used in chest imaging as a low radiation dose
alternative to computed tomography (CT). Traditional DTS shows limitations in the spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation of exposure parameters using a phantom for thoracic spine radiographs in antero-posterior and lateral views

CS Dos Reis, M Caso, L Dolenc, K Howick, R Lemmen… - Radiography, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction To investigate the exposure parameters for thoracic spine/(TS) radiography that
allows the image acquisition at the lowest dose possible, while maintaining an adequate …