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What are the two groups of digital image receptors

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Direct Radiography
Computer Radiography

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Which systems use a capture phosphor to temporarily store the energy that represents image signal?

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CR

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Which systems have detectors that are able to directly capture and read out an electric image signal?

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DR

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Which system does not use a removable imaging plate?

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DR

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Why were CR systems attractive upon introduction?

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They could be easily integrated with exisiting x-ray setups that were designed for use with film-screen. Minor adjustments to AEC could be done quickly

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What are the 4 parts to a CR system?

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Cassette
Photostimuable phosphor plate
Plate reader
Computer workstation

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What are CR cassettes made of and what is their function?

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Lightweight plastic
To hold the PSP

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CR cassettes are lined with felt to help reduce ______

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Static

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What type of backing material is in CR cassettes and what is the function?

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Aluminum backing that helps reduce back-scatter

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What are the layers of PSP?

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Protective
Phosphor
Reflective
Conductive
Support (color and soft backing)

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What is the main purpose of the protective layer?

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Protect the phosphor layer

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What is the phosphor layer made of in CR?

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Material from the barium fluorohalide family coupled with a europium activator

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What are the two types of phosophor layers?

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Turbid or Structured

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What is the difference between turbid and structured phosphor layer?

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Turbid - phosphor crystals are randomly distributed

Structured - contains columnar phosphor crystals that resemble needles standing on end, packed tightly together

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What is the purpose of the reflective layer?

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Reflects the light released during reading towards the photodetector

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What is the purpose of the conductive layer?

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Helps to reduce and conduct away static electricity

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What is the purpose of the color layer?

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Absorb stimulating light and reflect emitted light

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What is the purpose of the soft backing layer?

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Protect the back of the PSP

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When a PSP is exposed to radiation, some ______________ are removed from the atoms of the phosphor?

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Electrons

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What happens to the electrons that are removed from the phosphor atoms?

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Half become trapped in the conduction band

The other half return immediately to the valence and release excess energy in the form of light

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What is the conduction band?

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Area of an atom just outside it’s outermost valence electron shell

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When an electron is trapped in the conduction band, it is still ________ the atom, but is not part of the ____________

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Orbiting
Structured valence

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What allows the phosphor to store xray energy as the latent image?

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Europium

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How long can electrons stay in the conduction band?

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For hours, but the longer you wait to process the PSP, the more image deterioration there will be

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What is used to release the electrons from the conduction band?
A laser
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When trapped electrons return to the valence, they release an energy known as:
Photostimulable luminescence
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What is the purpose of the CR reader?
Houses the components needed to process the radiated PSP
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What happens when the cassette is placed into the CR reader?
A drive mechanism moves the plate through the laser-scanning process (slow scan)
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How does the fast scanning process work?
The optical system protects and guides a controlled laser beam back and forth across the plate (fast scan)
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What makes up the optical system?
Laser, beam-shaping optics, light-collecting optics, and optical filters
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What detects the light that is released from the PSP during scanning?
Photodetector
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In CR, what does the photodetector do after detecting the light?
Amplifies the light in the form of an analog signal
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The amplified analog signal is converted to a digital signal by an:
ADC (Analog-to-digital converter)
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What are the two categories of direct radiography?
Direct and indirect
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What are the two forms of Indirect capture?
CCD/CMOS TFT
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What are CCDs?
Charge-Coupled Devices; light sensitive devices that are capable of responding to very low levels of light
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What type of scintillator is used for CCD?
Cesium iodide phosphor plate
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What is a scintillator?
Absorbs x-rays and emits visible light in response
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How is the cesium iodide coupled to the CCD?
Fiber-optics or an optical lens system
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In CCD, how is an image created after a scintillator (cesium iodide) absorbs radiation?
The scintillator converts the energy into light The light energy is captured with the fiber-optics/optical lenses and ends up in the CCD The energy is convered into electric signal, which is then sent to the computer
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What is the scintillator in a CMOS system?
The CMOS itself
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What does a CMOS detector consist of?
Amplifier, photodiode, and storage capacitor and is surrounded by transistors
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Is CCD or CMOS more light sensitive?
CCD
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Which provides better resolution - CCD or CMOS?
CCD
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Which is more efficient - CCD or CMOS?
CMOS
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CMOS is currently available in what type of areas?
Mammography and dental
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What is TFT?
A form of indirect capture - thin-film transistor
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What is TFT coupled with?
Amorphous silicon
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What is the function of amorphous silicon in TFT?
Acts as the photodetector - allows the capture element to absorb light emitted by the phosphor layer
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How is an image created using TFT?
Thin-film transistors are laid out on a glass substrate The capture element is painted with amorphous silcon, which allows it to absorb light emitted by the phosphor layer The emitted light is converted to electric signal
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In indirect systems, what is a scintillator used for?
A scintillator is used to convert radiation into light
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In indirect capture systems, what is light coverted into?
Electric signal
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What is the difference between direct capture and indirect capture?
Direct - turns radiation into electronic signal Indirect - needs visible light for electronic signal
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What is CMOS?
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors
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Direct capture systems use a photoconductor made of:
Amorphous selenium
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What is the function of amorphous selenium?
Absorb radiation as input and create an electric charge as output
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During image acquisition, the computer creates a:
Histogram
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What is the x-axis and y-axis of a histogram?
X-axis: Amount of exposure Y-axis: How many pixels were radiated for each exposure level
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What is histogram analysis?
The computer analyzes the created histogram and compares it with a default histogram
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During the recognition proess of histogram analysis, how many edges must be identified?
Minimum of 3, but ideally 4
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When does sampling occur?
During transmission from the photodetector to the ADC
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What is sampling?
Taking a peice of the original analog signal and using that sample piece to create the digital signal
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The closer individual sample sections are to each other, the greater the:
Sampling frequency
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Sampling frequency must be at least ______ times the original bandwidth of the analog signal in order to accurately digitize the signal (Nyquist Theorem)
2 times
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What is the key difference between CR and DR when it comes to processing the histogram?
DR - only the detector pixels that were radiated contribute to image formation; you can center the part over any part of the cassette CR - region of interest, must be in the center of the cassette
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What is defined as the range of exposure values that a receptor can receive and still produce a diagnostic image
Exposure latitude
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Numerical values that represent how much radiation exposure a receptor received
Exposure indicators
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S numbers are ___________ proportional to the amount of radiation received
Inversely
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EI numbers are _________ proportional to the amount of radiation received
Directly
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What is DAP?
Dose Area Product - a measure of exposure in air
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What are the three values when measuring DAP as an exposure indicator?
EI - Exposure index EI-T - Exposure index target DI - Deviation index
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What is exposure index?
Exposure detected at the time of exposure
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What is exposure index target?
The predetermined ideal exposure index
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What is the deviation index?
The measure of difference between EI and EI-T
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What is DQE?
Detective Quantum Efficiency - a meausrement of the efficiency of the receptor converting x-ray exposure into a diagnostic quality image
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Spatial frequency is:
The amount of line pairs per millimeter within the matrix
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Spatial frequency is ______ of the Nyquist frequency
1/2
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Nyquist frequency is the ___________ spatial frequency that a digital detector can record
Highest
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Monthly and quarterly quality checks should be done to evaluate:
Distortion Ambient light reflection Resolution
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How often should imaging plates be cleaned?
Every 3 months or as needed
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CR imaging plates need to be erased before use after ___ hours
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What is PACS?
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems - integral part of digital imaging
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What are the 3 parts of PACS?
Acquisition Network Storage
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What is DICOM?
Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine - file format that allows for exams from all modalities to be able to be stored and used at any PACS terminal across the network
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One major limitation of PACS is:
Storage
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3 main classifications of PACS storage
Online - data is stored on hard drives that provides near instant access Nearline - data is stored on removable drives that are able to be loaded by a robatic arm on demand Offline - data is stored on removable drives that must be manually retrieved

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