Feasibility study of a novel portable digital radiography system modified for fluoroscopy in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Mark C Liszewski¹, Samuel Richard², Jordana N Gross³, Alison Schonberger⁴, Terry L Levin⁵, Einat Blumfield⁵, Suhas M Nafday⁶, Benjamin H Taragin⁵

¹Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210th St., Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. mliszews@montefiore.org.

²Carestream Health, Rochester, NY, USA.

³New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.

⁴Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.

⁵Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210th St., Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.

⁶Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A portable radiographic system capable of fluoroscopic imaging in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) potentially benefits critically ill neonates by eliminating the need to transport them to a fluoroscopy suite. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether a portable bedside fluoroscopy system in the NICU can deliver comparable image quality at a similar dose rate to a standard system in a flu…

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