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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2013.7.3.165

How to Improve Image Quality for the Chest PA and the Simple Abdomen X-ray Examinations  

Cho, Pyong Kon (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.7, no.3, 2013 , pp. 165-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine how much the movement at X-ray examinations like breathing or the positioning affects the image during chest or abdomen X-ray examination so as to create an image containing information as much as possible. The study method adopted is doing the X-ray in each of the states including breathing (inspiration & expiration) and movement in the standing chest PA X-ray and simple abdomen X-ray among the kinds of examination selected the most in hospitals and then evaluating them by applying the standards of image evaluation for each region. According to the study result, about the standing chest PA X-ray, the images taken at inspiration contain more information than those taken at expiration or having subtle movement during the examination. About the simple abdomen X-ray, the images taken at expiration contain more information than those taken at inspiration or movement. The above study results imply that regarding general X-ray examination, information we can find from the images may differ significantly according to the region examined, examination purpose, or movement during the examination like breathing.
Keywords
Chast PA; Simple Abdomen X-ray; inspiration; expiration; image quality;
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