Digital Radiography and PACS
by Christi Carter MSRS RT(R), Beth Veale BSRS MEd RT(R)(QM)
4th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Introduction to Digital Radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication
Systems ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Part II Basic Principles of Digital Radiography ..................................... 15
Chapter 02: Digital Imaging Characteristics .............................................................................. 15
Chapter 03: Digital Radiographic Image Processing and Manipulation .................................... 23
Part III Digital Image Acquisition ........................................................... 36
Chapter 04: Photostimulable Phosphor Image Capture ........................................................... 36
Chapter 05: Thin-Film Transistor Flat-Panel Array Image Acquisition ...................................... 51
Chapter 06: Charge-Coupled Device/Complementary Metal ................................................... 59
Part IV PACS ............................................................................................ 67
Chapter 07: Basic Computer Principles..................................................................................... 67
Chapter 08: Networking and Communication Basics ............................................................... 80
Chapter 09: Medical Image Management and Processing System, Medical Image Storage
Devices, and Medical Image Communications Devices ............................................................ 93
Chapter 10: Medical Image Storage Device and Peripherals .................................................. 114
Chapter 11. Medical Informatics............................................................................................. 126
Part V Quality Control and Quality Management ................................. 134
Chapter 12: Ensuring Quality in Digital Image Viewing and Storage Systems ........................ 134
Chapter 13: Quality Acceptance Testing Within Digital Projection Imaging ........................... 141
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Digital Radiography and Picture Archiving
and Communication Systems
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Film and intensifying screens are primarily used in
a. computed radiography (CR).
b. digital radiography (DR).
c. conventional radiography.
d. Picture archival and communication systems.
ACCURATE ANSWER : C
OBJ: Explain latent image formation foarbcirobn.cvoemn/tteisotnal radiography.
2. Intensifying screens
a. absorb light.
b. emit light.
c. absorb scatter.
d. emit positive electrons
ACCURATE ANSWER : B
OBJ: Explain latent image formation for conventional radiography.
3. Which modality was the first to use the principle of digital imaging?
a. Computed tomography (CT)
b. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
c. Ultrasonography
d. Cardiac catheterization
ACCURATE ANSWER : A
, OBJ: Define the term dig
4. Who was the first to incorporate digital imaging with the CT scanner?
a. Paul Lauterbur
b. Godfrey Hounsfield
c. Sol Nudelman
d. M. Paul Capp
ACCURATE ANSWER : B
OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.
5. Teleradiology, moving images via telephone lines to and farboirmb.croemm/teostte
locations, was first conceptualized by
a. Paul Lauterbur.
b. M. Paul Capp.
c. Albert Jutras.
d. Sol Nudelman.
ACCURATE ANSWER : C
OBJ: Define digital imaging and communications in medicine.
6. The invention of CT is heralded as
a. the advanced use of three-dimensional computation in medical imaging.
b. one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging.
c. the stepping stone for the development of MRI.
d. the first modality to use PACS.
ACCURATE ANSWER : B
OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.