Efficacy Of SER In Chest Diagnosis

John C. Wandtke; Donald B. Plewes

doi:10.1117/12.949458

19 September 1985 Efficacy Of SER In Chest Diagnosis

John C. Wandtke, Donald B. Plewes

Proceedings Volume 0555, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949458
Event: Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85, 1985, Boston, United States

Abstract

Scanning equalization radiography (SER) is an improved method of chest imaging. The reason for this improvement is due to the fact that SER optimized film exposure producing more subject contrast and better visualization of anatomic detail. This new system has produced improved diagnostic accuracy on a wide variety of cases by all the tested radiologists. Also, there were fewer false positive errors by each of the radiologists. We found that this improvement in image quality and decrease in diagnostic errors was not related to the image complexity (# of abnormalities/radiograph). Also 11 of the radiologists, regardless of their diagnostic skills had a marked preference for the SER images over the conventional.

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John C. Wandtke and Donald B. Plewes "Efficacy Of SER In Chest Diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 0555, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '85, (19 September 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949458

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