The future of bedside chest radiography: Comparative study of mobile flat-panels and needle-image plate storage phosphor systems

• Published in: Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2015-11, Vol.110 (8), p.603-608
• Main Authors: Bremicker, K, Gosch, D, Kahn, T, Borte, G
• Format: Article
• Language: ger
• Subjects: Aged; Equipment Design; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement - instrumentation; Intensive Care Units; Male; Middle Aged; Point-of-Care Systems - trends; Radiography, Thoracic - instrumentation; Radiography, Thoracic - trends; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity
• ISSN: 2193-6226
• DOI: 10.1007/s00063-015-0022-2

Chest radiography is the most common diagnostic modality in intensive care units with new mobile flat-panels gaining more attention and availability in addition to the already used storage phosphor plates. Comparison of the image quality of mobile flat-panels and needle-image plate storage phosphor system in terms of bedside chest radiography. Retrospective analysis of 84 bedside chest radiographs of 42 intensive care patients (20 women, 22 men, average age: 65 years). All images were acquired during daily routine. For each patient, two images were analyzed, one from each system mentioned above. Two blinded radiologists evaluated the image quality based on ten criteria (e.g., diaphragm, heart contour, tracheal bifurcation, thoracic spine, lung structure, consolidations, foreign material, and overall impression) using a 5-point visibility scale (1 = excellent, 5 = not usable). There was no significant difference between the image quality of the two systems (p