xray

Digital Radiography (X-ray)

Technical Specifications:

GE Discovery XR 656

  • Volume RAD
  • Dual energy subtraction
  • Auto image paste

Use: 

  • As per standard musculoskeletal applications

Want to know what the x-ray can be used for?  Some of these papers are excellent examples:

Jacobson, Jon A., Gandikota Girish, Yebin Jiang, and Donald Resnick. “Radiographic Evaluation of Arthritis: Inflammatory Conditions.” Radiology 248, no. 2 (August 2008): 378–89.

Kalinosky, Benjamin, John M. Sabol, Kelly Piacsek, Beth Heckel, and Taly Gilat Schmidt. “Quantifying the Tibiofemoral Joint Space Using X-Ray Tomosynthesis.” Medical Physics 38, no. 12 (December 2011): 6672–82. 

Kim, Sung Mok, Myung Jin Chung, Kyung Soo Lee, Hee Kang, In-Young Song, Eun Joo Lee, and Hye Sun Hwang. “Digital Tomosynthesis of the Thorax: The Influence of Respiratory Motion Artifacts on Lung Nodule Detection.” Acta Radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden: 1987) 54, no. 6 (July 2013): 634–39

Machida, Haruhiko, Toshiyuki Yuhara, John M. Sabol, Mieko Tamura, Yutaka Shimada, and Eiko Ueno. “Postoperative Follow-up of Olecranon Fracture by Digital Tomosynthesis Radiography.” Japanese Journal of Radiology 29, no. 8 (October 2011): 583–86.