LESSON 7 Flashcards
→ the receiver of the image being exposed
→ either film or digital
IMAGE RECEPTORS
can be intraorally or extraorally placed
IMAGE RECEPTORS
What are the types of IMAGE RECEPTORS?
Radiographic film
Digital Receptors
→ direct action or packet film
→ indirect action film used in conjunction with
intensifying screens in a cassette
Radiographic Film
→ solid-state sensors
→ phosphor plates
Digital Receptors
refers to the numeric format of the image content & its discreteness
DIGITAL RECEPTORS
(2) types of direct digital image receptors available
o Solid-State
o Photostimulable Phosphor Storage Plates
uses of DIGITAL RECEPTORS in Intraoral
periapical and bitewing
uses of DIGITAL RECEPTORS in Extraoral
panoramic and skull
advantages of what?
o eliminates chemical processing
o digital intraoral receptors require less radiation than film,
thus reducing patient exposure
o allows enhancements, measurements, and corrections not
available with film
DIGITAL RECEPTORS
disadvantages of what?
o the initial expense of setting up a digital imaging system is relatively high
o certain components are susceptible to rough handling and are costly to replace
o there is a risk of systems becoming obsolete or manufacturers going out of business
o the excellent image quality and comparatively low cost of a properly exposed & processed film keeps film-based radiography competitive with digital alternatives
DIGITAL RECEPTORS
These are under of DIGITAL RECEPTORS in?
INTRAORAL
EXTRAORAL
SOLID-STATE SENSORS
small, thin, flat, rigid rectangular boxes, usually black & similar in size to intraoral film packets
INTRAORAL
→ vary in thickness from about 5-7 mm
→ cabled to allow data to be transferred directly from mouth to
computer
o cables are usually 1-2 m long
INTRAORAL
not autoclavable and need to be covered with a protective plastic barrier envelope for infection control purposes
INTRAORAL
CCD
charge-coupled device
complementary metal oxide semiconductors
CMOS
individual pixels, consisting of a sandwich of P- and N-type silicon, are arranged in rows and columns called an array or matrix, above which is a scintillation layer
CCD (CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE)
→ the x-ray photons hit the scintillation layers and are converted to light
→ the light interacts via the photoelectric effect with the silicon to create a charge packet for each individual pixel, which is concentrated by the electrodes
CCD (CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE)
the charge pattern formed from the individual pixels in the matrix represents the latent image
o the image is read by transferring each row of pixel
charges from one row to the next
CCD (CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE)
→ different in way that the pixel charges are read
o each CMOS pixel is isolated from its neighbor and directly connected to a transistor
→ less expensive
CMOS (COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS)
→ contain CCDs in long, thin, and linear arrays
→ the CCD array is incorporated into (2) different designs of
sensor
EXTRAORAL
o flat cassette-sized sensors designed to be retrofitted into
existing film-based panoramic equipment to replace
conventional cassettes
o individually designed sensors as part of completely new
solely digital panoramic or skull equipment
2 different designs of
sensor in EXTRAORAL
→ consists of a range of imaging plates that can be used for both intraoral and extraoral radiography
→ the plates are not connected to the computer by a cable
PHOTOSTIMULABLE PHOSPHOR STORAGE PLATES
→ once cleared (erased), the plates are reusable
→ intraoral plates need to be inserted into protection barrier
envelopes for control of infection purposes
PHOTOSTIMULABLE PHOSPHOR STORAGE PLATES
-direct action or packet film
-indirect action film used in conjunction with intensifying screens in a cassette
Radiographic Film
-solid-state sensors
-phosphor plates
Digital receptors
refers to the numeric format of the image content & its discreteness
DIGITAL RECEPTORS
there are (2) types of direct digital image receptors available:
o Solid-State
o Photostimulable Phosphor Storage Plates
advantages of DIGITAL RECEPTORS
o eliminates chemical processing
o digital intraoral receptors require less radiation than film,
thus reducing patient exposure
o allows enhancements, measurements, and corrections not available with film
Disadvantages of DIGITAL RECEPTORS
o the initial expense of setting up a digital imaging system is relatively high
o certain components are susceptible to rough handling and are costly to replace
o there is a risk of systems becoming obsolete or manufacturers going out of business
o the excellent image quality and comparatively low cost of a properly exposed & processed film keeps film-based radiography competitive with digital alternatives
small, thin, flat, rigid rectangular boxes, usually black & similar
in size to intraoral film packets
SOLID-STATE SENSORS (INTRAORAL)