“…The exposure parameters were estimated from previous phantom studies (Allen et al, 2004;Ioppolo et al, 2007;Ma¨kinen et al, 2004;Ö nsten et al, 2001) and selected as 70 kVp at 16 mA s for both the new cage and the uniplanar cage, and 50 kVp at 4 mA s for the biplanar cage. The radiographic examinations were performed in a dedicated RSA lab with two ceiling-mounted X-ray units (Proteus XR/a, GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) and digital images were acquired by a computed radiography digital X-ray system (Capsula X CR, FujiFilm, Tokyo, Japan), which provides 3520 Â 4280 image matrix for a 35 Â 43 cm cassette and 2364 Â 2964 matrix for a 24 Â 30 cm cassette.…”