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  • Title: [Roentgen diagnosis of pulmonary complications following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation--application of and experience with digital luminescence radiography].
    Author: Müller RD, Quabeck K, Beelen DW, Löhr E, Schaefer UW.
    Journal: Pneumologie; 1991 Dec; 45(12):977-86. PubMed ID: 1766951.
    Abstract:
    Pulmonary complications exercise a decisive influence on the prognosis of leukaemia patients after bone marrow transplantation. Very early diagnosis is a mandatory prerequisite to successful therapeutic intervention. Of great importance besides the clinical findings and bronchoalveolar lavage is the analysis of the x-ray morphology of pneumonic infiltrates to narrow down the differential diagnostic spectrum. Since the patients are at high risk of infection, they are under isolated care, so that x-ray examinations can only be performed by means of projection radiography using mobile units. Due to these difficulties in performing relevant radiography the required optimal and constant image quality cannot be achieved by means of conventional x-ray film, so that very early detection of pulmonary complications is not always possible. The use of digital luminescence radiography (DLR) with luminescent storage foils enables a highly constant and hence comparable image quality thanks to increased image dynamics, a larger area of the examined object, and histogram evaluation of the image data for determining the optimal parameters for assessment. In addition, details can be better identified to supply answers to specific questions, because the image can be reprocessed to select relevant image parameters by monitoring. Pulmonary complications in 86 patients were analysed retrospectively. These patients had received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for acute myeloic leukaemia, after they had been treated with high-dose radio-/chemotherapy. The x-ray morphology, clinical and sometimes autopsy findings were correlated with the occurrence of pulmonary complications subsequent to bone marrow transplant.
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