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RT101 Imaging Science & Informatics Flashcards

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  • study of science, computing, and engineering theories behind the technology that goes into creating images
  • how machines are used when applied to our course
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IMAGING SCIENCE

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  • interdisciplinary science and includes computer science, information science, decision science, management science, cognitive science and organizational theory, all motivated by the need for new solutions to enhance the quality and safety of patient care
  • how technology is used to make our work, as rrt, easy
  • process of passing info from one person to another
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INFORMATICS

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  • any general purpose stored program electronic digital computer
  • personal computer (laptop, desktop, notebook)
  • control high-voltage x-ray generator and radiographic control panels
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COMPUTERS

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first large-scale radiology application

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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

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provided development of teleradiography, the transfer of images and patient date to remote locations for interpretation and filing

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TELECOMMUNICATION

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earliest calculating tool (China)

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ABACUS

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Mechanical calculators using pegged wheels that could perform basic arithmetic functions

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(Blaise Pascal & Gottfried Leibniz, 17th century)

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Analytical engine that perform general calculations automatically

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Charles Babbage, 1842

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Tabulating machine to census data

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Herman Hollerith, 1890

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produces and sells computers hardware, middleware, software (Hollerith’s company)

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International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)

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first Electric electronic digital computer

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John Atansoff and Clifford Berry, 1939

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first fully operational working computer used to crack encrypted German military codes

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COLOSSUS

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first general-purpose modern computer, electromechanical device prone to malfunction (Harvard Uni., 1944)

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Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC)/ Mark I

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first-general purpose electronic computer, contained more than 18,000 vacuum tubes that failed at an average rate of one every 7 minutes (Uni. of Pennsylvania by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, 1946)

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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)

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-is an electronic switch that alternately allows or does not allow electricity signal to pass (Bell Telephone Laboratories - William Shockley, 1948)
- development of stored program

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TRANSISTOR

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first commercially successful general- purpose , stored program electronic digital computer (Eckert amd Mauchly, 1951)

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Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC)

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incorporates more than 1 million transistors on a chip of silicon

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● Celeron microprocessor

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-primary element that allows the computer to manipulate and carry out software instructions
- Intel Core i5 and AMD phenom II
- in microcomputer this is often called as the microprocessor

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Central Processing Unit

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designed for large, high performance, multiuser, multitasking system

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Pentium Processor

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an electrical conductor, where two computers and all other components are connected
- tells the computer how to carry out software instructions, which direct the hardware to perform a task

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Bus

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memory, primary storage, internal memory

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Active Storage

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  • means data that can be accessed at random from anywhere in main memory in approximately equal amounts of time regardless of where data is located
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Random access memory (RAM)

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  • more widely use
  • requires more space and power
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Dynamic RAM (DRAM)

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  • chips are faster
  • retains its memory even if power to the computer is lost
  • more expensive
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Static RAM (SRAM)

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working storage of a computer

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Main Memory

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contains info supplied by the manufacturers, called firmware that cannot be written on or erased

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Read-only Memory (ROM)

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chips are blank chips that a user, with special equipment can write programs to
- cannot be erased

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Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM)

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similar to PROM chips except that the contents are erasable using a device that express the chip to ultraviolet

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Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM)

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can be programmed with the use of special electronic impulses

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Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)

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  • system board
  • main circuit board in a system unit
  • contains microprocessor or any co-processor chips, RAM chips, ROM chips, other types of memory
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MOTHERBOARD

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  • CDs, DVDs, HDDs, SSDs
  • similar to a filing cabinet
  • storing info until needed
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SECONDARY MEMORY

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collection of data or information that is treated as a unit by the computer

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File

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  • stores data and programs as tiny indentions or pits on a disc-shaped, flat piece of Mylar plastic
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Compact Disc (CD)

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  • similar to CDs but has higher capacity
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Blu-ray Disc/DVD

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  • thin, rigid glass or metal platters
  • each side of the platter has recording material
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Hard Disc Drives/ HDDs

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  • lower capacity than HDDs and more expensive
  • faster access to data
  • more durable
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Solid-State Drive/SSD

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  • consists of two or more disc drives in a single cabinet that collectively acts as a single storage system
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Redundant Array of Independent Disc/RAID

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images are created with dots on a drum, treated with a magnetically charged ink like substance called toner
- used for medical imaging

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● Laser Printers

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form images with little dots
- electrically charge small drops of ink that are quieter and less expensive
- can print in color

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Inkjet Printers

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translate images of text, drawings, or photographs into digital format recognizable by the computer

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Scanners

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translate analog sound into digital format

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● Audio input device

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collects data directly from the environment and transmit them to a computer

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Sensors

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detect specific movements and traits of the human body

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● Human Biology Input Devices

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standard typewriter keys that are used to enter words and numbers and function keys that enter specific commands

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Input Devices
● Keyboard

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