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Digital Radiography
Chapter 25
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Physics
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03/14/2011

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Digital radiography systems replace traditional film with a:
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reusable detector.
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Digital radiography is divided into 2 groups:
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Cassette based and Cassette-less
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Use a photostimulable phosphor (PSP) plate
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Cassette Based
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Cassette based are similar to:
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traditional film cassettes.
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Cassette based are referred to as:
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Computed radiography (CR) considered to be indirect digital radiography.
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Direct Digital radiography is:
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cassette-less
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Casetteless detector and reader are a fixed part of:
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equipment.
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Cassetteless may be:
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direct or indirect
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directly convert incoming x-ray photons into an electronic signal:
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Direct
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uses a two part process involving a scintillator and a photodetector
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Indirect
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1980s, computer equipment expensive, storage solutions not available.
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Fuji Systems
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Several Manufacturers
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Today's systems
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Photostimulable imaging plates, latent image production, image acquisition, and reading digital radiography data.
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Indirect Photostimulable Phosphor Imaging Plate Systems.
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Photostimulable Imaging Plates
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Photostimulable Phosphor(PSP0 and Imaging Plate (IP)
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Insulates the imaging plate from handling trauma
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Protective layer
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Holds the photostimulable phosphors: active layer
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Phosphor Layer
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A base on which to coat other layers:
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Support Layer
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Grounds the plate to eliminate electrostatic problems and absorb light to increase sharpness
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Conductor Layer
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Prevents light from entering data on the plate:
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Light Shield Layer
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Commom Phosphors:
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Europium activated barium fluorohalides
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K-edge attenuation:
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Best between 35-50keV
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PSPs absorb more low energy radiation than:
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radiographic film.
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Electron pattern is stored in:
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active layer of exposed IP
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Flourohalides absorb beam through:
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photoelectric interactions.
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Liberated electrons have:
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extra energy
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Fluorohalide crystals trap half of the liberated:
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electrons.
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Europium sites contain electron:
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holes
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The latent image will lose about 25% of its energy in:
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8 hours, so it is important to process the cassette shortly after exposure.
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Reading Digital Radiography Data: Trapped electrons are:
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freed
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Ip is scanned by finely focused:
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neon-helium laser beam in a raster pattern.
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Electrons return to lower energy state:
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Emit Blue-Purple Light
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Two types of IP processing:
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Point by point read out and Line by line readout.
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More detail, slower process:
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Point by point
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Faster process: loss of detail:
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line by line
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Determines number of density values-affects density and contrast of system:
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Pixel Depth
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Pixel depth is controlled by:
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ADC
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Pixel size is inversely related to:
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Spatial resolution
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Pixel size is dependent on:
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matrix and image receptor size
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More pixels=
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larger file size
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Larger matrix=more pixels=
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larger file size
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Greater bit depth=more shades of gray=more detail=
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larger file size
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comminicates to the system:
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what part, orientation of the part, and number of projections per plate.
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EDR
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Exposure Data Recognition
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EDR is FUJI systems' method of locating the:
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raw data
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Graphic representation of pixels and signal intensities present in image:
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Histogram
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Spatial frequency processing affects:
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image sharpness.
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Increases noise resulting in lower quality images
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Edge enhancement.
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Edge enhancement: lower_______and higher_______.
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contrast, base fog levels.
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Fuji system CR image quality
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S #
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S # optimal range is
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150-250
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S # 200
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1mR exposure
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Kodak
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Exposure Index
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Exposure index is directly proportional to the
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radiation striking plate
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Agfa
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Log Median Exposure
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Image Acquisition Elements: Removal of some data that is recognized to be below or above the diagnostic imaging range.
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Data Clipping
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Edge enhancement, image blurring
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Spatial frequency processing
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adjusts the actual processing of data, not an option generally made available:
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Look up table adjustments
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Histogram equalization, collimator edge identification, image stitching, grid use:
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Image Acquisition Elements
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Scintillator or intensifying screen converts x-rays to:
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light
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Amorphus silicon acts as:
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photodiode
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TFTs
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Thin Film Transistors-array or matrix of pixel detectors.
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system of computer software standards, allows different digital imaging software to understand each other.
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DICOM Standards
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Computed Radiography Artifacts:
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Acquistion artifacts, post acquisition artifacts, and display artifacts.
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Incomplete erasure
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phantom images
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damage to IP
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scratches
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Dust or foreign material
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light spots
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reductions in resolution due to dust
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dropout
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Background radiation or scatter
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Fogging
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reticulation
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quantum mottle
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exposure to intense heat
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heat blur
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Error in image display protocols
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Algorithm artifacts
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problems with laser imaging equipment
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dropout artifacts
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uneven scanning, distortion, and overlapping shading, uneven transport of plate
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Laser film transport artifacts
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incorrect histogram selection
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histogram error
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collimator boundaries not parallel to sides of imaging plate:
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Nonparallel collimation
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