I have been studying about X-ray Fluoroscopy imaging technique lately and it's immense use in medical diagnosis and therapy. However I find there are many disadvantages to it, such as we can only see a 2D image of a 3D object. Minor details are hard to acquire and/or observe on screen. Monochromatic display is also another problem as I see it.
What type of improvements are being currently being researched to this imaging technique? I have hit dead ends in my search through google, pubmed, Radiographics Journal & so on.
Please let me know. Thank you.
You might want to have a look at O-arm technology. This mobile machine operates as a fluoro device, but can be used to in a CT mode to produce an image of the patient in theatre. The downside is that doses can be higher than regular CT.
Using solid state digital detectors should improve the minor details issue in fluoroscopy. However, I understand fluoro procedures are not very cost-effective for a healthcare facility and manufacturers; that could be one of the reasons there's not a lot of recent research advances in this topic.
I work with Scanning-beam digital x-ray (SBDX), an inverse geometry fluoroscopy system for low dose cardiac imaging. It performs real time tomosynthesis which provides 3D information of the imaging volume and may be of interest to you.
Scanning-beam digital x-ray (SBDX) is a low dose inverse geometry fluoroscopic technology with an inherent tomosynthesis capability. SBDX has been investigated for a number of applications including: 3D tracking of high contrast devices such as cardiac catheters or fiducials, stereoscopic imaging, lung nodule detection and calibration-free vessel sizing.
Thank you all for your suggestions. They were very helpful. From the discussion with my research colleagues, it seems that most people are inclined towards 3D imaging developments of Fluoroscopy. Thanks again.
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