Impact of Ambient Light and Window Settings on the Detectability of Catheters on Soft-Copy Display of Chest Radiographs at Bedside
Michael H. Fuchsjäger1,
Cornelia M. Schaefer-Prokop1,
Edith Eisenhuber1,
Peter Homolka2,
Michael Weber3,
Martin A. Funovics1 and
Mathias Prokop1
1 Department of Radiology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18-20, Vienna A-1090, Austria.
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna
A-1090, Austria.
3 Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical and Experimental Radiologic Research,
University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria.

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Fig. 1A. Representative bedside chest radiograph of 64-year-old man
with asphyxia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Bedside chest radiograph
shows catheter fragments (arrowheads) widely distributed in high- and
low-absorption areas.
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Fig. 1B. Representative bedside chest radiograph of 64-year-old man
with asphyxia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Magnified bedside chest
radiograph shows appearance of three types of catheter fragments
(arrowheads).
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