Pelvimetry by digital radiography: a low-dose examination.
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 143 (3) , 733-735
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.143.3.7079500
Abstract
Digital radiographs obtained with a CT [computed tomography] scanner were evaluated as an alternative to conventional pelvimetry. Dosimetry studies demonstrated an absorbed radiation dose of 22 mrad for each digital radiograph, approximately 3% of the dose for comparable standard radiographs. Distance measurements were accurately made on digital radiographs and axial CT sections by cursor placement and a computer program with no need to correct for magnification. Clinical studies of 10 patients confirmed that pelvimetry using digital radiographs is an accurate, simple and extremely low-dose procedure which could replace the conventional method.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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