Digital Radiography and PACS: Chapter 1-12 Test Bank
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What are film and intensifying screens primarily used in? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Conventional radiography.
What do intensifying screens emit? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Light.
Which modality was the first to use the principle of digital imaging? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Computed tomography (CT).
Who was the first to incorporate digital imaging with the CT scanner? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Godfrey Hounsfield.
Who first conceptualized teleradiology? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Albert Jutras.
What is heralded as one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅The invention of CT.
How long did early reconstruction of raw CT data take to form a recognizable image? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Days.
What could the first commercial CT scanners image? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Head only.
In which decade was MRI first introduced? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅1980s.
, Which two modalities could easily be converted to digital imaging properties? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Ultrasonography and nuclear medicine.
Where were early picture archival and communication systems first developed? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅By the U.S. military.
What incorporated telephone lines to produce radiographic images? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Teleradiography.
What was one of the early goals related to the development of PACS? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Provide a means to move battlefield images to an established hospital.
How does CR acquire an image? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Using a storage phosphor plate.
Storage phosphor plates are similar to what? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Intensifying screens.
What is needed to produce a radiographic image in a DR system? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅X-ray absorber and a CCD.
What are the two elements needed to convert light signals into an electrical signal in
indirect capture DR? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅TFT and photodiodes.
What is the x-ray absorber typically used in direct capture DR? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Photoconductor.
What is the active element in a storage phosphor? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Barium
fluorohalide.
What device is scanned over the phosphor plate to release the latent image? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Focused laser light.
What is the sequence for PSP image capture? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Phosphor plate,
focused laser light scanner, photomultiplier, analog-digital converter, review station.
What converts x-ray energy directly to a digital electrical signal? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Photoconductor.
What is exposure latitude in conventional radiography compared to in DR? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Dynamic range.
What does a look-up table map? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Image grayscale values.
What primarily controls optical density in conventional radiography? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Milliampere-seconds.
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✔ Accurate and exam-focused practice questions
✔ Correct detailed solutions with clear explanations
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• Helps strengthen understanding of core concepts
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• Final exam preparation
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What are film and intensifying screens primarily used in? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Conventional radiography.
What do intensifying screens emit? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Light.
Which modality was the first to use the principle of digital imaging? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Computed tomography (CT).
Who was the first to incorporate digital imaging with the CT scanner? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Godfrey Hounsfield.
Who first conceptualized teleradiology? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Albert Jutras.
What is heralded as one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅The invention of CT.
How long did early reconstruction of raw CT data take to form a recognizable image? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Days.
What could the first commercial CT scanners image? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Head only.
In which decade was MRI first introduced? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅1980s.
, Which two modalities could easily be converted to digital imaging properties? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Ultrasonography and nuclear medicine.
Where were early picture archival and communication systems first developed? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅By the U.S. military.
What incorporated telephone lines to produce radiographic images? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Teleradiography.
What was one of the early goals related to the development of PACS? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Provide a means to move battlefield images to an established hospital.
How does CR acquire an image? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Using a storage phosphor plate.
Storage phosphor plates are similar to what? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Intensifying screens.
What is needed to produce a radiographic image in a DR system? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅X-ray absorber and a CCD.
What are the two elements needed to convert light signals into an electrical signal in
indirect capture DR? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅TFT and photodiodes.
What is the x-ray absorber typically used in direct capture DR? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Photoconductor.
What is the active element in a storage phosphor? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Barium
fluorohalide.
What device is scanned over the phosphor plate to release the latent image? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Focused laser light.
What is the sequence for PSP image capture? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Phosphor plate,
focused laser light scanner, photomultiplier, analog-digital converter, review station.
What converts x-ray energy directly to a digital electrical signal? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Photoconductor.
What is exposure latitude in conventional radiography compared to in DR? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Dynamic range.
What does a look-up table map? - ANSWER ✅✅✅✅Image grayscale values.
What primarily controls optical density in conventional radiography? - ANSWER
✅✅✅✅Milliampere-seconds.
