DIGITALEQUIPMENT-ElCaminoCollege.ppt

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT MAY 2008 TERMINOLOGY REVIEW ARRT CONTENT SPECS 2008 ARRT SPECS - DIGITAL Image Receptors digital image characteristics spatial resolution sampling frequency DEL (detector element size) receptor size and matrix size image signal (exposure related) quantum mottle SNR (signal to noise ratio) or CNR (contrast to noise ratio) Digital Systems electronic collimation grayscale rendition or look-up table (LUT) edge enhancement/ noise suppression contrast enhancement system malfunctions (e.g., ghost image, banding, erasure, dead pixels, readout problems, printer distortion) ARRT SPECS - DIGITAL Image Display viewing conditions (i.e., luminance,ambient lighting spatial resolution contrast resolution/dynamic range DICOM gray scale function window level and width function Image Acquisition and Readout PSP (photo-stimulable phosphor) flat panel detectors (direct and indirect) Noise Acceptable Range of Exposure Exposure Indicator Determination Gross Exposure Error Image Degradation (mottle, light or dark, low contrast) ARRT SPECS - DIGITAL Recognition of Malfunctions Digital Image Receptor Systems Digital artifacts (grid lines, Moiré effect or aliasing) maintenance (e.g., detector fog) ( non-uniformity, erasure) ARRT SPECS - DIGITAL PACS HIS (hospital information system) - work list RIS (radiology information system) DICOM Workflow (inappropriate documentation, lost images, mismatched images, corrupt data) windowing and leveling Review of Digital Radiography and PACS Key Terms Computed radiography DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) Digital imaging Digital radiography Direct capture DR Indirect capture DR PACS Teleradiology Image Acquisition and Readout PSP (photo-stimulable phosphor) flat panel detectors (direct and indirect) Computed Radiography Uses storage phosphor plates Uses existing equipment Requires special cassettes Requires a special cassette reader Uses a computer workstation and viewing station and a printer Computed Ra