PIAA: Pre-imaging all-round assistant for digital radiography.

Journal: Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In radiography procedures, radiographers' suboptimal positioning and exposure parameter settings may necessitate image retakes, subjecting patients to unnecessary ionizing radiation exposure. Reducing retakes is crucial to minimize patient X-ray exposure and conserve medical resources.

Authors

  • Jie Zhao
    Department of Liver & Gallbladder Surgery, The First People's Hospital, Shangqiu, Henan, China.
  • Jianqiang Liu
    Careray Digital Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou, China.
  • Shijie Wang
    Lab of Image Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Computer Network and Information Integration (Ministry of Education), Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
  • Pinzheng Zhang
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Wenxue Yu
    Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
  • Chunfeng Yang
    Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, P. R. China.
  • Yudong Zhang
    School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
  • Yang Chen
    Orthopedics Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.