Digital Radiography And PACS - Questions With
Insightful Solutions
Uses film & intensifying screens in its image formation process Correct
Answer - Conventional radiology
What emit light when struck by X-rays Correct Answer - Two
intensifying screens
When the film is processed w/ chem. The ____ appears on the sheet of film
Correct Answer - Manifest Image
Where is the film placed for the radiologist for interpretation Correct
Answer - Lightbox(view box)
Any image acquisition process that produces an electronic image Correct
Answer - Digital Imaging
When was the term digital imaging first used? Correct Answer - 1970s
for CT, Godfrey Hounsfield
How long did the earliest CT unit take Correct Answer - Several hours to
acquire a single slice/Few days to reconstruct the raw data into a image
What was the first CT scanner used for Correct Answer - Head CT
MRI Correct Answer - Magnetic resonance imaging
When was MRI introduced Correct Answer - 1980s
ADC Correct Answer - Analog-to-digital converters
Allowed real-time images to be viewed on high-resolution TV monitors
Correct Answer - ADC
, Who was the first to go digital Correct Answer - Ultrasound & Nuclear
Medicine
Ultrasound & Nuclear medicine was the first to be switch to digital why?
Correct Answer - Their images are frame-grabbed and were easily converted
Teleradiology Correct Answer - Concept of moving images via telephone
to & from remote locations
Who & When started the concept of Teleradiology Correct Answer -
Albert Jutras(Canada) 1950s
Picture Archiving & Communication System Correct Answer - PACS
When was the early PACS encouraged/supports by US Gov. Correct
Answer - 1980s
Who was the first to use PACS Correct Answer - US Military—send
images between battlefields & established veterans administration hospitals
Photostimulable Phosphor Correct Answer - PSP——CR!!
Digital acquisition modality that uses storage phosphor plates to produce
protection images Correct Answer - PSP image capture
What new equip. Was needed to switch over to PSP(CR) Correct Answer
- Phosphor plates; PSP readers; QC workstations; viewing station/printer to
view images
What is different with the PSP(CR) plates compared to the old films?
Correct Answer - They store energy for extended amount of time
Who/When was PSP(CR) first introduced Correct Answer - Fuji Medical
Systems(Japan) 1983
When did PSP(CR) finally take off? Correct Answer - Early 1990s
Flat-panel detectors Correct Answer - FPD——DR!!!
Insightful Solutions
Uses film & intensifying screens in its image formation process Correct
Answer - Conventional radiology
What emit light when struck by X-rays Correct Answer - Two
intensifying screens
When the film is processed w/ chem. The ____ appears on the sheet of film
Correct Answer - Manifest Image
Where is the film placed for the radiologist for interpretation Correct
Answer - Lightbox(view box)
Any image acquisition process that produces an electronic image Correct
Answer - Digital Imaging
When was the term digital imaging first used? Correct Answer - 1970s
for CT, Godfrey Hounsfield
How long did the earliest CT unit take Correct Answer - Several hours to
acquire a single slice/Few days to reconstruct the raw data into a image
What was the first CT scanner used for Correct Answer - Head CT
MRI Correct Answer - Magnetic resonance imaging
When was MRI introduced Correct Answer - 1980s
ADC Correct Answer - Analog-to-digital converters
Allowed real-time images to be viewed on high-resolution TV monitors
Correct Answer - ADC
, Who was the first to go digital Correct Answer - Ultrasound & Nuclear
Medicine
Ultrasound & Nuclear medicine was the first to be switch to digital why?
Correct Answer - Their images are frame-grabbed and were easily converted
Teleradiology Correct Answer - Concept of moving images via telephone
to & from remote locations
Who & When started the concept of Teleradiology Correct Answer -
Albert Jutras(Canada) 1950s
Picture Archiving & Communication System Correct Answer - PACS
When was the early PACS encouraged/supports by US Gov. Correct
Answer - 1980s
Who was the first to use PACS Correct Answer - US Military—send
images between battlefields & established veterans administration hospitals
Photostimulable Phosphor Correct Answer - PSP——CR!!
Digital acquisition modality that uses storage phosphor plates to produce
protection images Correct Answer - PSP image capture
What new equip. Was needed to switch over to PSP(CR) Correct Answer
- Phosphor plates; PSP readers; QC workstations; viewing station/printer to
view images
What is different with the PSP(CR) plates compared to the old films?
Correct Answer - They store energy for extended amount of time
Who/When was PSP(CR) first introduced Correct Answer - Fuji Medical
Systems(Japan) 1983
When did PSP(CR) finally take off? Correct Answer - Early 1990s
Flat-panel detectors Correct Answer - FPD——DR!!!
