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1
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What represents the latent image in a PSP CR system?
a. Electrons trapped in conduction band
b. Ionized silver halide crystals
c. Scattered photons in the patient
d. Chemical reaction in the processor

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a. Electrons trapped in conduction band

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Which PACS storage option offers the fastest retrieval of data?
a. Offline
b. Nearline
c. Online
d. All are equal in retrieval speed

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c. Online

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Which of the following controls brightness of a digital system?
a. mAs
b. kVp
c. The display monitor
d. Room lighting

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c. The display monitor

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Rescaling a digital image adjusts the histogram to reflect which of the following?
a. kVp
b. mAs
c. LUT
d. VOI

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d. VOI

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Which of the following is used by both forms of indirect cassetteless systems?
a. Scintillator
b. CCD
c. Optics
d. TFT

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a. Scintillator

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Which of the following is used by both forms of indirect cassetteless systems?
a. Direct capture DR system
b. Indirect capture DR system
c. CR system
d. Cassette-based system

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a. Direct capture DR system

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Which component of the CR reader digitizes the signal?
a. Photodetector
b. ADC
c. Optics
d. Laser

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b. ADC

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The emission of light by a phosphor when exposed to a laser is known as _____
a. Phosphorescence
b. Sensitometry
c. Conversion efficiency
d. Photostimulable luminescence

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d. Photostimulable luminescence

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9
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What is the phosphor for CR (PSP)?

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Barium fluorohalide (turbid)

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How do we get the CR image off of the cassette?

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  • The phosphor is ionized when exposed to x-rays, approx half the liberated electrons are trapped in the conduction band.
  • The plate I then scanned in the reader, the energy is released and converted to an electronic signal becoming a manifest image
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digital receptor’s response to exposure is linear and the range of exposures is very wide (dynamic range)

A

Linear response

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Non-linear response

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CR

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Digital detectors are separated into small individual components termed:

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detector elements (DELs)

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14
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the size of individual DELs is referred to as the

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pixel pitch

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the matrix size is the number of _____ in each direction on the detector

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DELs

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  • At the time of processing the energy of the trapped electrons is released by exposure to a laser in this process
  • Release of stored energy within a phosphor by stimulation with visible light, to produce a luminescent signal
A

Photostimulable luminescence

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an automatic function of the system that occurs before the image is displayed, the human eye hasn’t seen it yet

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Pre-processing

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computer software operations that allow manual manipulation of the displayed image

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Post-processing

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  • An integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. Under the control of an external circuit, each capacitor can transfer its electric charge to a neighboring capacitor
  • Can respond to a wide range of light intensities
    Associated with indirect capture
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Charged-coupled device (CCD)

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  • The direct method uses amorphous selenium photoconductor and a TFT array
  • Before exposure an electric field is applied via the bias electrode across the surface of the amorphous selenium layer
  • During exposure, x-rays are absorbed by the amorphous selenium and electric charges are created in proportion to received x-ray exposure
  • The charges are stores in capacitors attached to TFTs where they are amplified and converted to digital code
A

Direct Digital Radiography (DDR)

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21
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What systems use cassettes and a processor?

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Computed radiography (CR)

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22
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CR cassette layers top to bottom

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Protective layer
Phosphor layer
Reflective layer
Conductive layer
Support layer

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a thin layer of plastic to protect the phosphor layer

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Protective layer

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the heart of the plate and contains the phosphor, which is usually of the barium fluorohalide family and europium activated, may be turbid or structured

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Phosphor layer

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25
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reduces and conducts away static electricity

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Conductive layer

26
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a sturdy material to give some rigidity to the plate

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Support layer

27
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random distribution of phosphor crystals within the active layer and can be used with both CR and DR systems

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Turbid

28
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columnar phosphor crystals within the active layer resembling needles standing on end and packed together

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Structured

29
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These devices are scintillators made up of crystalline silicon matrix. Each detectors element has its own amplifier, photodiode, and storage capacitor and is surrounded by transistors

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Complete mentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)

30
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A material that absorbs x-ray energy and emits visible light in response

A

Scintillator

31
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A process in which several CCD detectors abut to create on large detector

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Tiling

32
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sequence of events for Indirect DR

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x-ray > phosphor (scintillator) > visible light > photodetector > TFT > digital signal

33
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sequence of events for Direct DR

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x-ray > electronic / digital signal

34
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A liquid that can be painted onto a substrate (foundation or underlying layer), is the material that makes flat-panel detectors possible

A

Amorphous silicone

35
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  • Captures the remnant beam through a detector array and transfer it to a computer for almost immediate processing and viewing
  • Involve the use of a scintillator that converts x-rays to light and then to an electronic signal
A

Indirect capture

36
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Does not use a scintillator, it uses a photoconductor and TFT array, thereby avoiding the loss of resolution caused by indirect capture

A

Direct capture

37
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  • A graphic representation of a data set, this graph represents the number of digital pixel values versus the relative prevalence of those values in the image
  • The x-axis represents the amount of exposure and the y-axis represents the incidence of pixels for each exposure level
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Histogram

38
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  • The primary factor influencing contrast with digital systems
  • Histograms of luminance values used as a reference to evaluate the input intensities and assign predetermined grayscale values-VOI, rescaling occurs at this stage
A

Look up table (LUT)

39
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VOI

A

Values of interest in histogram

40
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Displayed as a single numerical value, which is represented as a single brightness level on a computer monitor

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Pixel

41
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Refers to the range of exposure intensities an image receptor can accurately detect

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Dynamic range

42
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The range of exposure values to the receptor that produce an acceptable range of densities for diagnostic purposes and are consistent with exposure rates as low as reasonably achievable

A

Exposure latitude

43
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The adjusting of the image by the computer program to present an image of predetermined image brightness

A

Rescaling

44
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  • A measure of exposure in air, followed by computation to estimate absorbed does to the patient, measured by a ____ meter embedded in the collimator
  • This value depends on the exposure factors and field size and is expressed in centigray-meter squared (cGY-m2)
A

Dose Area Product (DAP)

45
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System’s ability to preserve signal contrast

A

Modulation transfer function (MTF)

46
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  • The highest spatial frequency that a digital detector can record
  • Determined by the sampling frequency of CR systems and the DEL spacing of DR systems
A

Nyquist Frequency

47
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  • Focuses on the display monitors and viewing equipment
  • The AAPM published an online report, Report No. OR-03, to provide guidelines for proper performance of display devices intended for medical use, this report presents 26 test patterns
A

DR Quality Control

48
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Overall visual appearance: this test looks at general image quality and for the presence of any artifacts

A

uses the TG18-QC test pattern

49
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Resolution tests: assesses the system’s ability to display images of different parts of an image with high fidelity

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TG18-QC and TG18-CX test patterns

50
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Reflection: evaluates the ambient light contribution to the light reflected by the display monitor

A

TG18-AD test pattern

51
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An electronic network for communication between the image acquisition modalities, display stations, and storage

A

PACS

52
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A common language used by different systems for communication

A

DICOM

53
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an expression of the radiation exposure level that is required to produce an optimal image

A

detective quantum efficiency (DQE)

54
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represents the exposure at the detector relevant to the region being imaged and is defined by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

A

exposure index (EI)

55
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the target reference exposure obtained from a properly exposed image receptor

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target exposure index (EIT)

56
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a measure of deviation of the EI from projection-specific EIT values

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deviation index (DI)

57
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equal to one half the nyquist frequency

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spatial resolution

58
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detector’s ability to resolve small structures

A

limiting spatial resolution (LSR)

59
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what are the two ways to effectively control scatter and radiation’s effect on the image?

A

collimation and grid use

60
Q

electronic component that includes the readout, charge, collector
act as individual switches that allow the pixels to change state rapidly

A

thin film transistor (TFT)

61
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what radiology method uses barium?

A

CR

62
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what radiology method uses selenium?

A

direct digital

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