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Last fluoroscopy hold in paediatric fluoroscopy: Dynamic capture of physiological events and a potential for radiation exposure time reduction
Author(s) -
Soudack Michalle,
Hirschenbein Aviv,
Sosna Jacob,
Dafne Ehud,
Engel Ahuva
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02322.x
Subject(s) - fluoroscopy , medicine , radiation exposure , radiology , institutional review board , medical physics , nuclear medicine , surgery
Summary The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate last fluoroscopy hold (LFH) in paediatric fluoroscopy. LFH is a software program that enables dynamic storage of last fluoroscopy sequences. A hundred and ninety‐four paediatric patients underwent 215 fluoroscopy examinations during a 14‐month period. LFH was employed to review an equivocal finding, when last image hold did not provide an adequate diagnostic image or when a physiologic dynamic event was too fast or did not last long enough to capture. LFH was used in 29% of the examinations. The Institutional Review Board approved this study and waived informed consent.