[Evaluation of the Distribution of Spatial Scattered Radiation Dose in Bedside Dynamic Chest Radiography].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution of spatial scattered radiation during mobile dynamic chest radiography and to develop protective measures.

Methods: We measured the spatial scattered radiation, assuming both mobile chest radiography and mobile dynamic chest radiography. We placed the chest phantom on a stretcher.

[Usefulness of Copper Filter Addition and Potential for Dose Reduction in Hip-joint Radiography].

Purpose: In this study, we evaluated image quality and radiation dose reduction when a Copper (Cu) filter was added to hip joint X-ray imaging.

Methods: We measured effective energy without (0 mm) and with (0.1/0.

[Effect of Gonadal Protection on Image Quality in Frontal Hip Radiography].

Purpose: In recent years, there has been a growing movement in Western countries toward the abolition of gonadal protection during radiography. The reasons for this recommendation are that there are few reports of increased risk of genetic effects, that the ovarian dose is not due to direct X-rays but due to internally scattered X-rays that cannot be shielded, and that the presence of gonadal protection may adversely affect the automatic exposure control mechanism and may mask important findings. In addition, the gonadal protection is a large high absorber of X-rays, and its presence in the irradiation field may have some effect on image quality, but the effect of the gonadal protection on image quality has not been clarified.

Usefulness of copper filters in digital chest radiography based on the relationship between effective detective quantum efficiency and deep learning-based segmentation accuracy of the tumor area.

This study aimed to determine the optimal radiographic conditions for detecting lesions on digital chest radiographs using an indirect conversion flat-panel detector with a copper (Cu) filter. First, we calculated the effective detective quantum efficiency (DQE) by considering clinical conditions to evaluate the image quality. We then measured the segmentation accuracy using a U-net convolutional network to verify the effectiveness of the Cu filter.

Diagnosis of drowning using post-mortem computed tomography based on the volume and density of fluid accumulation in the maxillary and sphenoid sinuses.

Recent studies have reported that drowning victims frequently have fluid accumulation in the paranasal sinuses, most notably the maxillary and sphenoid sinuses. However, in our previous study, many non-drowning victims also had fluid accumulation in the sinuses. Therefore, we evaluated the qualitative difference in fluid accumulation between drowning and non-drowning cases in the present study.

Assessment of the relationship between drowning and fluid accumulation in the paranasal sinuses on post-mortem computed tomography.

Recent reports have detailed common computed tomography (CT) findings in drowning victims, most notably fluid accumulation in the maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses. This CT finding could help forensic doctors to diagnose drowning. This study retrospectively investigated 151 subjects: 39 drowning and 112 non-drowning cases.