physics recording test 3 Flashcards
What does DR stand for?
Direct Readout digital radiograph
Computer radiography screens respond to radiation with the
photostimulable luminescence
A photostimulable phosphor in a metastable state
immediately dies???
Prompt emission
immediately
Barium Fluoro Halide is coated with
Europium (activator)
The computer radiography cassette is called?
Imaging Plate
Photostimuable phosphor screen is handled in a :
Reader
The computer radiographic reader is made of:
mechanical, optical (laser), & computer modules
4 steps of creating an image
metastable state, stimulate, read & erase
The digital image can sit for some time after the erase cycle
true, (not a good question)????
The laser is one of the ….features of the computed radiography reader
optical
optical filters are use to filter out the stimulating light & allow the ….light to reach the photodetector
emitted
what is the green light?
emitted light and patient information
The ouput signal from the PSP is converted from analog to digital by the
photodetectyor
Computed Radiography & screen film imaging both have a
Latent image
The principal source of noise in computed radiography
scatter radiation
With computed radiograpphy the contrast is
constant regardless of exposure
The computed radiography image has:
improved contrast resolution and wide exposure latitude
when switching from screen-film imaging to computed radiography . what step is gone?
reloading the cassette
the laser beam must be less than 100nm in diameter in order to maintain
high spatial resolution
…is prevented flooding in the erased IP with bright light
ghosting
computed radiography produces….gray levels
10,000
switching from screen-film imaging to computed radiography can….. patient dose
reduce
Conventional xray tubes & cassettes are used with …radiography systems
computed