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Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations
Rationale and objectives: We aimed to report and compare accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence between thoracic dual-energy subtraction (DES) and routine posterior–anterior chest radiography (PA-CR) techniques. Materials (patients) and methods: We obtained DES (D1–D4) images from 96 pa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579657 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2019.9 |
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author | Gezer, Mehmet Can Algin, Oktay Durmaz, Aytac Arslan, Halil |
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description | Rationale and objectives: We aimed to report and compare accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence between thoracic dual-energy subtraction (DES) and routine posterior–anterior chest radiography (PA-CR) techniques. Materials (patients) and methods: We obtained DES (D1–D4) images from 96 patients using DES and a high-resolution dynamic flat-panel detector in combination. We compared the DES images of these patients with their PA-CR images. The maximum time interval between performing DES and PA-CR was nine weeks. Two radiologists evaluated abnormal findings on DES and PA-CR images using a three-point scale, and reporting confidence was scored using a four-point scale. The intra- and interobserver agreement values of the scores were analyzed. Further, the radiation exposure doses during PA-CR and DES acquisitions were calculated. Results: The intra- and interobserver agreement values of PA-CR and DES images were good. The reporting confidence scores for DES were generally higher than those for PA-CR. Between bone-subtracted (D3) and soft-tissue-subtracted (D4) images, the former was more successful and useful in the evaluation of bone structures, whereas the latter was better in the evaluation of consolidation and/or solitary nodules. Conclusions: DES has the potential to improve the accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence of thoracic radiography. It also has the potential to provide a better diagnosis of chest pathologies using relatively low dose radiation. |
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spelling | pubmed-67553732019-10-02 Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations Gezer, Mehmet Can Algin, Oktay Durmaz, Aytac Arslan, Halil Qatar Med J Research Article Rationale and objectives: We aimed to report and compare accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence between thoracic dual-energy subtraction (DES) and routine posterior–anterior chest radiography (PA-CR) techniques. Materials (patients) and methods: We obtained DES (D1–D4) images from 96 patients using DES and a high-resolution dynamic flat-panel detector in combination. We compared the DES images of these patients with their PA-CR images. The maximum time interval between performing DES and PA-CR was nine weeks. Two radiologists evaluated abnormal findings on DES and PA-CR images using a three-point scale, and reporting confidence was scored using a four-point scale. The intra- and interobserver agreement values of the scores were analyzed. Further, the radiation exposure doses during PA-CR and DES acquisitions were calculated. Results: The intra- and interobserver agreement values of PA-CR and DES images were good. The reporting confidence scores for DES were generally higher than those for PA-CR. Between bone-subtracted (D3) and soft-tissue-subtracted (D4) images, the former was more successful and useful in the evaluation of bone structures, whereas the latter was better in the evaluation of consolidation and/or solitary nodules. Conclusions: DES has the potential to improve the accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence of thoracic radiography. It also has the potential to provide a better diagnosis of chest pathologies using relatively low dose radiation. HBKU Press 2019-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6755373/ /pubmed/31579657 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2019.9 Text en © 2019 Gezer, Algin, Durmaz, Arslan, licensee HBKU Press. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gezer, Mehmet Can Algin, Oktay Durmaz, Aytac Arslan, Halil Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title | Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title_full | Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title_fullStr | Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title_full_unstemmed | Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title_short | Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
title_sort | efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579657 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2019.9 |
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