Application and possibilities of digital radiography demonstrated on a skull radiograph
Ebermaier, C.; Meyer-Lindenberg, A.; Nolte, I.
Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift 112(1): 24-29
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0005-9366 PMID: 10028728 Document Number: 505162
The application of digital radiography has not been used widely in veterinary medicine. This paper gives an overview of the possibilities in post processing of digital radiographs for imaging a nasal fracture on a right lateral skull radiograph of a two years old German Shepherd. The following algorithms of the digital ADC (Agfa Diagnostic Center)--system were used: edge-contrast, latitude reduction, noise reduction, window-levelling and MUSI-contrast (MUlti Scale Image Contrast). MUSI-contrast is a recently developed algorithm by Agfa, which improves the recognition of fine details in all scales. These parameters will be explained individually and the use is demonstrated with the skull radiographs. It shows that only a coordinate parameter setting will lead to an optimal image. The option of filtering diagnostic information in using digital post processing represents a clear step forward and reduces the number of repeat shots.