Clinical application of a flat-panel X-ray detector based on amorphous silicon technology: image quality and potential for radiation dose reduction in skeletal radiography.

Abstract

The amorphous silicon-based system with a simulated speed of 400 provided images equivalent to screen-film radiographs. For clinical tasks such as routine follow-up studies, assessment of instability, or orthopedic measurements, a radiation dose reduction of up to 75% may be possible.