Roentgenologic Semiotics of the Neonatal Thoracic Disorders Based on the Data From Microfocus X-Ray

Abstract

patients. Microfocus X-ray afforded an opportunity to examine interstitial and alveolar damage of the pulmonary tissue in more detail as good as to study lung pattern in response to resolution capability, which is higher than in standard reference roentgenography. Small cysts were detected in pulmonary tissue of 87% new-born children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in comparison with 62% detected by reference roentgenography. The effective dose of microfocus X-ray is 0,015 mSv and the microfocus radiographs can be increased 25 times, but the image quality will remain the same. Microfocus roentgenologic semiotics of the neonatal thoracic disorders is predominantly identical to standardized roentgenography's semiotics, but the effective dose of microfocus X-ray is smaller and the apparatus itself is compact and mobile.