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We present results from an evaluation of a significantly improved vers
ion of the Siberian Digital Radiographic Device (SDRD). The SDRD is al
ready in clinical use in Novosibirsk and Moscow where it produces imag
es of high diagnostic value at considerably lower doses than conventio
nal film-screen combinations. It uses a fast multiwire proportional ch
amber with highly parallel readout as a detector. Improvements in the
readout system have given a reduction by a factor of two in the pixel
size. We have used well established methods to compare imaging perform
ance of the new SDRD with the old version as well as with a film-scree
n combination used in routine clinical practice in the UK. At the same
level of exposure the threshold contrast for objects of the order of
the pixel size is two times better for the new SDRD than for the old o
ne, and the minimum size of objects visible in the image is two times
smaller (0.25 mm) for the new system than for the old SDRD (0.5 mm).