Electronic fluorography for the performance of cine hysterosalpingography
We used electronic fluorography to perform hysterosalpingography in 25 women with infertility or abnormal bleeding. In contrast to the conventional modality of fluoroscopy with intermittent permanent imaging, an image intensifier was used to periodically record dye injection on a moving tape (cine hysterosalpingography). The mean number of electronic fluorographs taken per patient was 10.8 +/- 3.12 (mean +/- SD). The mean radiation exposure per patient for electronic fluorography was 113.4 +/- 52 versus 112 +/- 52.4 mR when a single conventional radiographic image was taken. We conclude that electronic fluorography is a simple yet accurate radiographic method that delivers to the gonads approximately one-eleventh the dose of ionizing radiation that current standard techniques do, and should be accepted as an alternative diagnostic modality.
- Research Organization:
- Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
- OSTI ID:
- 6861407
- Journal Information:
- Obstet. Gynecol.; (United States), Journal Name: Obstet. Gynecol.; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN OBGNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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