Clinical Comparative Study with a Large-Area Amorphous Silicon Flat-Panel Detector
Image Quality and Visibility of Anatomic Structures on Chest Radiography
Christian Fink1,2,
Peter J. Hallscheidt1,
Gerd Noeldge1,
Annette Kampschulte1,
Boris Radeleff1,
Waldemar P. Hosch1,
Günter W. Kauffmann1 and
Jochen Hansmann1
1
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 110, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany.
2
Present address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology (E0101), German Cancer
Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

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Fig. 1A. Anatomic structures used for image evaluation.
Posteroanterior (A) and lateral (B) radiographs show lung
parenchyma (squares), soft tissue (arrows), and bone
(rectangle).
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Fig. 1B. Anatomic structures used for image evaluation.
Posteroanterior (A) and lateral (B) radiographs show lung
parenchyma (squares), soft tissue (arrows), and bone
(rectangle).
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Fig. 2A. Posteroanterior chest radiographs of 62-year-old man with
colorectal cancer. Improved delineation of descending aorta
(arrowheads) is seen on digital radiograph (A) compared with
film-screen radiograph (B).
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Fig. 2B. Posteroanterior chest radiographs of 62-year-old man with
colorectal cancer. Improved delineation of descending aorta
(arrowheads) is seen on digital radiograph (A) compared with
film-screen radiograph (B).
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Fig. 3A. Lateral chest radiographs of 62-year-old man with colorectal
cancer. Improved visibility of retrocardiac vessels (arrowheads) is
seen on digital radiograph (A) compared with film-screen radiograph
(B).
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Fig. 3B. Lateral chest radiographs of 62-year-old man with colorectal
cancer. Improved visibility of retrocardiac vessels (arrowheads) is
seen on digital radiograph (A) compared with film-screen radiograph
(B).
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