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This study examined whether hard-copy radiographs produced from computed radiography (CR) images show the subtle interstitial pulmonary disease equally well to conventional screen-film radiographs, because a digital radiography should be chosen for introduction of the digital picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for the new Osaka University Hospital.1,2 Eleven radiologists examined 20 abnormal and 20 control chest radiographs presented in each of three groups: conventional screen-film radiographs and two sizes of hard-copy radiographs made from CR images. This study of digital image quality of chest examinations found that some findings on conventional screen-film radiography images are not reproduced by current CR (2,000×2,000×10 bits in matrix), especially when the experienced radiologists were observed. This finding suggested improvements are needed in CR before CR of chest should fully replace conventional screen-film radiography.
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Kondoh, H., Ikezoe, J., Inamura, K. et al. A comparison of conventional screen-film radiography and hard copy of computed radiography in full and two-thirds sizes in detection of interstitial lung disease. J Digit Imaging 7, 193–195 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168539
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