SERIAL FILM CHANGER Flashcards

1
Q

an electromechanical device that can expose
and transport film quickly

A

Rapid Serial Film Changer

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2
Q

The rapid serial film changer is used for which imaging technique?

A

Conventional Imaging technique

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3
Q

What are the different parts of the film changer?

A

Program selector
Supply Magazine
Transport Mechanism
Compression Table
Receiving cassette
Stand
Single Plane & Biplane Imaging
Dryview Laser Printer

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4
Q

This allows the operator to set speeds and
film quantity to suit the exam being
undertaken

A

Program selector

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5
Q

Programs can be designed to fit the standard requirements of various procedures.

A

Program Selector

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6
Q

What is the supply magazine?

A

Light-tight box that can be filled with film in
the darkroom and then attached to the film changer

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7
Q

How many films can the supply magazine store?

A

It can store a minimum of 12 unexposed films.

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8
Q
  • consists of a series of the compression roller devices
  • moves the film from the supply magazine to a pair of intensifying screens and then to the receiving cassette
A

Transport Mechanism

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9
Q

The compression table contains a _______ of what equipment?

A

Pair of intensifying screens

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10
Q

When the film is positioned between them,
they compress the film and the exposure is
automatically triggered. This process happens on what part?

A

Compression Table

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11
Q

What is the receiving cassette?

A

magazine that holds the exposed film

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12
Q

This part is returned empty to the changer

A

Receiving cassette

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13
Q

What are 2 categories of serial film changers?

A
  1. Cassette Serial Film Changers
  2. Cassetteless Serial Film Changers
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14
Q

What’s the difference between the:
1. Cassette Serial Film Changers
2. Cassetteless Serial Film Changers

A

Cassette - transports film in some form of the cassette holder

Cassetteless - may transport films individually (cut film changer) or from a supply film spool (roll film changer)

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15
Q

What is the most common type of serial film changer and who made it?

A

Vacuum changer made by Picker-Ampaltz

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16
Q

For the systems of the cassetteless serial film changers, both systems used what kind of intensifying screens?

A

Stationary intensifying screens

17
Q

This type of cassetteless film changer operates on the same principle as a photographic camera.

A

Roll film changers

18
Q

Roll-films are usually supplied in ______ lengths

A

50 ft

19
Q

For the roll film changers, what area do they usually expose?

A

14” x 14” area allowing approximately 43
exposures per roll

20
Q

In this changer, Film is threaded through the machine past the exposure area to another spool, which stores the exposed film

A

Roll-film changer

21
Q

This type of changer uses single or cut sheets
of x-ray film for each exposure

A

Cut-film changers

22
Q

What are the 2 types of supply magazines in a cut-film changer?

A

Interweaving and S-stack loading magazine

23
Q

What is the difference between the interweaving and s-stack loading magazine

A

I - each film must be positioned
between 2 metals or plastic dividers

S - has no dividers

24
Q

What are the 2 types of stand?

A

Mobile floor stand
C-arm mount

25
Q

What is the mobile floor stand?

A

the changer is mounted on a frame with locking wheels

26
Q

What is the c-arm mount?

A

Allows a variety of positions in which the changer may be placed

27
Q

What are the 2 types of plane imaging?

A

Single plain and Biplane

28
Q

Difference between single plane and biplane imaging

A

S - employs one film changer and one radiographic tube

B - uses two x-ray tubes in conjunction with two film changers

29
Q

Advantage of using single-plane filming

A

Has an excellent film quality over the biplane film changer

30
Q

In the ___________ plane filming, the X-ray tube and the film changer need to be repositioned for the second view, and two injections are required in AP and Lat projections.

A

Single-Plane Filming

31
Q

Advantages of Dryview Laser Printer

A
  1. Outstanding diagnostic image quality
  2. Minimize noise and improved density uniformity in the emulsion.
  3. Easy film loading and handling
  4. No wet film processor is required
  5. Films can be loaded in full room light
  6. Film recognition technology, recognize film type, size, and lot as well as the number of sheets remaining.