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A Dynamic Image Quality Evaluation of Videofluoroscopy Images: Considerations for Telepractice Applications

Overview of attention for article published in Dysphagia, May 2015
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Title
A Dynamic Image Quality Evaluation of Videofluoroscopy Images: Considerations for Telepractice Applications
Published in
Dysphagia, May 2015
DOI 10.1007/s00455-015-9626-1
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Authors

Clare L. Burns, Benjamin Keir, Elizabeth C. Ward, Anne J. Hill, Anna Farrell, Nick Phillips, Linda Porter

Abstract

High-quality fluoroscopy images are required for accurate interpretation of videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSS) by speech pathologists and radiologists. Consequently, integral to developing any system to conduct VFSS remotely via telepractice is ensuring that the quality of the VFSS images transferred via the telepractice system is optimized. This study evaluates the extent of change observed in image quality when videofluoroscopic images are transmitted from a digital fluoroscopy system to (a) current clinical equipment (KayPentax Digital Swallowing Workstation, and b) four different telepractice system configurations. The telepractice system configurations consisted of either a local C20 or C60 Cisco TelePresence System (codec unit) connected to the digital fluoroscopy system and linked to a second remote C20 or C60 Cisco TelePresence System via a network running at speeds of either 2, 4 or 6 megabits per second (Mbit/s). Image quality was tested using the NEMA XR 21 Phantom, and results demonstrated some loss in spatial resolution, low contrast detectability and temporal resolution for all transferred images when compared to the fluoroscopy source. When using higher capacity codec units and/or the highest bandwidths to support data transmission, image quality transmitted through the telepractice system was found to be comparable if not better than the current clinical system. This study confirms that telepractice systems can be designed to support fluoroscopy image transfer and highlights important considerations when developing telepractice systems for VFSS analysis to ensure high-quality radiological image reproduction.

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Unknown 30 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 20%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Other 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Other 7 23%
Unknown 6 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 6 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 17%
Psychology 3 10%
Engineering 2 7%
Physics and Astronomy 2 7%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 8 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 October 2019.
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#7,161,294
of 23,839,820 outputs
Outputs from Dysphagia
#533
of 1,327 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#81,611
of 268,633 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Dysphagia
#5
of 14 outputs
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