The Use Of A Digital Store To Provide Pulsed Fluoroscopy And Stored Images During Gastro-Intestinal Examinations

D. M. Hynes; E. W. Edmonds; J. A. Rowlands; W. Wong Pack

doi:10.1117/12.943215

28 August 1984 The Use Of A Digital Store To Provide Pulsed Fluoroscopy And Stored Images During Gastro-Intestinal Examinations

D. M. Hynes, E. W. Edmonds, J. A. Rowlands, W. Wong Pack

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Proceedings Volume 0486, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '84; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943215
Event: Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '84, 1984, Las Vegas, United States

Abstract

A 512 X 512 digital store has replaced a video disc as a storage mechanism during pulsed fluoroscopy. This system, storing 1 TV field from a 1023 line signal following each pulse, is much more stable than the analog disc and can also reduce the fluoroscopic dose by 75%. This stability now makes the concept of pulsed fluoroscopy acceptable from the clinical point of view. Furthermore, the stored images on this matrix can resolve to 1.5 line pairs per mm, which produces useful permanent hard copy. This represents a further extension of clinical videofluorography, already developed by the authors. Its implementation for storage of gastro-intestinal examinations will be discussed, with assessment of the relationship of x-ray dose to image quality.

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D. M. Hynes, E. W. Edmonds, J. A. Rowlands, and W. Wong Pack "The Use Of A Digital Store To Provide Pulsed Fluoroscopy And Stored Images During Gastro-Intestinal Examinations", Proc. SPIE 0486, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation '84, (28 August 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943215

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