Experimental Evaluation of a Portable Indirect Flat-Panel Detector for the Pediatric Chest: Comparison with Storage Phosphor Radiography at Different Exposures by Using a Chest Phantom

Abstract

In the detection of catheters, nodules, and almost all interstitial lung disease, A(z) values were higher with the portable flat-panel detector than with storage phosphor radiography at equivalent and reduced speeds. These results suggest that the portable flat-panel detector could be used with reduced exposure dose in pediatric patients.