Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Cutting radiation dose during imaging procedures has become a hot topic of late. While multislice CT has garnered much of the attention, fluoroscopy is another imaging exam that could benefit from a reduction in dose.
In this week's Digital X-Ray Community, staff writer Eric Barnes describes a method Israeli researchers have tested to reduce the dose delivered to patients. Called last fluoroscopy hold (LFH), the technique is a sort of TiVo for fluoro that enables radiologists to quickly review a sequence of images.
Radiologists compared the technique to another dose-reduction technology, last image hold (LIH). They found that LFH was more effective than LIH because it enabled clinicians to review a dynamic clip of hundreds of images, rather than a single static image, as is done with LIH.
Learn how the technique worked in young patients by clicking here, and see LFH in action through images and video clips available in the story. For the rest of the news from the world of digital x-ray, just visit the Digital X-Ray Community, at xray.auntminnie.com.
