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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 158, 437-441, Copyright © 1992 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Diagnostic efficacy of digitized images vs plain films: a study of the joints of the fingers

BJ Richmond, C Powers, DW Piraino, H Freed, MA Meziane, JC Hale, MD Schluchter, J Schils and LA Gragg
Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5021.

Four hundred fifteen finger joints from 30 patients were evaluated for the presence of joint-space erosion, narrowing, and degenerative spurring on plain films, low-resolution digitized images (1024 x 840 bytes x 12 bit matrix), and high-resolution digitized images (2048 x 1680 bytes x 12 bit matrix). Three hundred four joints were abnormal. Low- and high-resolution digital images were displayed on a 1K x 1K monitor with the ability to change level, window, orientation, and brightness. Five radiologists interpreted images. The presence or absence of each abnormality was determined by consensus of two skeletal radiologists who did not otherwise participate in the study. Receiver- operating-characteristic analysis was used to obtain an area and a true- positive rate at a 0.10 false-positive rate for each interpreter. Randomized block analysis of variance with interpreters as blocks was used to compare areas and true-positive rates among imaging techniques for each type of abnormality; no statistically significant differences were found. In conclusion, the efficacy of display of digitized images on high- and low-resolution modes is not significantly different from that of plain films in the detection of erosions, joint-space narrowing, or degenerative spurring in small joints of the hands.
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