Chapter 20: Digital Image Processing Exam
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With the discovery of__ __ in the 1970s, radiology began its early entry into the digital
world - ✔✔Computed tomography
Created the concept of electronic data sets for medical images - ✔✔Computed
tomography
Digital radiography imaging systems replace traditional film with a - ✔✔Reusable
detector
What are the two types of digital radiography imaging systems? - ✔✔Computed
radiography and digital radiography
Use a photostimulable storage phosphor imaging plate - ✔✔Computed radiography
once the psp is exposed, the cassette - ✔✔Is taken to a reader to process the plate and
create the image
With CR, there is a two step process because - ✔✔The radiographer must move the
detector between image acquisition and display
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, Typically have the detector and reader that are a permanent part of a table or wall unit -
✔✔Digital radiography
Cassette is not needed - ✔✔DR
The image is acquired and sent directly to the display monitor, without the need for the
radiographer to physically move the detector for the image to be processed - ✔✔DR
Is faster and more efficient at creating images - ✔✔DR
Providence hospital has __ radiography - ✔✔Computed
DR systems can be categorized as - ✔✔Direct or indirect conversion
Use a two-part process involving a scintillator and a photodetector - ✔✔Indirect
conversion
Converts incoming X-ray photons to light - ✔✔scintillator
Converts light into an electrical signal - ✔✔Photodetector
One standard that has been central to the development of modern radiological imaging
is the - ✔✔DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
What does the Radiological imaging community prefer DICOM? - ✔✔To ensure that all
equipment from all manufacture who choose to adhere to the standard is speaking the
same computer language that can be understood across manufacturer and device lines
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With the discovery of__ __ in the 1970s, radiology began its early entry into the digital
world - ✔✔Computed tomography
Created the concept of electronic data sets for medical images - ✔✔Computed
tomography
Digital radiography imaging systems replace traditional film with a - ✔✔Reusable
detector
What are the two types of digital radiography imaging systems? - ✔✔Computed
radiography and digital radiography
Use a photostimulable storage phosphor imaging plate - ✔✔Computed radiography
once the psp is exposed, the cassette - ✔✔Is taken to a reader to process the plate and
create the image
With CR, there is a two step process because - ✔✔The radiographer must move the
detector between image acquisition and display
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, Typically have the detector and reader that are a permanent part of a table or wall unit -
✔✔Digital radiography
Cassette is not needed - ✔✔DR
The image is acquired and sent directly to the display monitor, without the need for the
radiographer to physically move the detector for the image to be processed - ✔✔DR
Is faster and more efficient at creating images - ✔✔DR
Providence hospital has __ radiography - ✔✔Computed
DR systems can be categorized as - ✔✔Direct or indirect conversion
Use a two-part process involving a scintillator and a photodetector - ✔✔Indirect
conversion
Converts incoming X-ray photons to light - ✔✔scintillator
Converts light into an electrical signal - ✔✔Photodetector
One standard that has been central to the development of modern radiological imaging
is the - ✔✔DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
What does the Radiological imaging community prefer DICOM? - ✔✔To ensure that all
equipment from all manufacture who choose to adhere to the standard is speaking the
same computer language that can be understood across manufacturer and device lines
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