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Emergency Radiology
Published in: Emergency Radiology 1/2008

01-01-2008 | Original Article

A pilot study evaluating the “STATSCAN” digital X-ray machine in paediatric polytrauma

Authors: Richard D. Pitcher, Arjan B. van As, Virginia Sanders, Tania S. Douglas, Nicole Wieselthaler, Ann Vlok, Sylvia Paverd, Tracy Kilborn, Heinz Rode, Herman Potgieter, Stephen J. Beningfield

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

A pilot study evaluating the use in paediatric polytrauma of the STATSCAN, a low-radiation dose, fan-beam digital radiography unit (Lodox Systems, Sandton, South Africa). Over 3 months, 23 polytrauma patients treated at the Emergency Unit of the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, were imaged on the STATSCAN. Image quality, diagnostic equivalence and clinical efficiency were compared with a computed radiography (CR) system (Fuji FCR 5000, Fuji Photo Film, Tokyo, Japan). The STATSCAN antero-posterior bodygram correlated well technically and diagnostically with CR, showing 96% of the fractures in the cohort. It allowed superior visualisation of the trachea and main bronchi and imaging was, on average, 13% faster than CR. The STATSCAN could play an important role in paediatric polytrauma. The clinical significance of its superior demonstration of the trachea and main bronchi requires further evaluation.
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Metadata
Title
A pilot study evaluating the “STATSCAN” digital X-ray machine in paediatric polytrauma
Authors
Richard D. Pitcher
Arjan B. van As
Virginia Sanders
Tania S. Douglas
Nicole Wieselthaler
Ann Vlok
Sylvia Paverd
Tracy Kilborn
Heinz Rode
Herman Potgieter
Stephen J. Beningfield
Publication date
01-01-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Emergency Radiology / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-007-0668-z

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