PIXELS
DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY
COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY
ACRONYMES
DEFINITION
100

8 bits

What is 1 byte

100

The ________ array is divided into square detector elements (DELs).

TFT

100

The phosphor used in Computed Radiography image receptors 

What is Barium fluorohalide Bromides, Barium fluorohalide Iodides

100

DQE

What is Detective Quantum Efficiency. 

100

Refers to the range of exposures that should be used to produce a diagnostic image.

What is Exposure latitude?

200

Picture element 

What is a pixel

200

An indirect conversion detector uses a _________ to convert x-rays to light and then to electrical charges using a __________.

What is Scintillator; photodetector

200

What does the CR imaging process consist of

What is image acquisition, image processing, image display. 

200

MTF

What is Modulation Transfer Function

200

This is used to absorb exit radiation and convert it into visible light

What is a scintillator?

300

Pixel bit depth is determined by __________.

What is ADC. 

300

The exposure stored on the IR prior to processing is referred to as the ___ image. 

What is a latent image?

300

Why are imaging plates more sensitive to radiation than radiographic film

What is the image loses about 25% of its energy in 8 hours. 
300

PSP

What is Photostimulable imaging plates. 

300

Due to imaging plates being exposed to background radiation. 

What is fogging 

400

Volume Element

What is a voxel. 

400

The exposure stored on the IR prior to processing is referred to as the ___ image. The displayed image after processing is referred to as the ___ image. 

What is latent image; manifest image. 

400

What are the F-centers and how are they formed

What is electrons traps created in the crystal phosphor during photoelectric interactions half of the electrons trap will recompose and emit light photons, fluorohalide will hold or trap the other electrons that create holes at the europium sites.  
400

SNR

What is Signal to noise ratio

400
Determines number of assigned grey shades to pixel value. 

What is bit depth. 

500

Image file size is affected by

What is pixel size, matrix, and bit depth 

500

What are the three processing operations?

What is point processing, local processing, geometric processing. 

500

What are the layers of the photostimulable phosphor plates. 

What is the protective layer, phosphor layer, support layer, conductor layer, and light shielding. 

500

PVOL

What is pixel values of interest. 

500

Applies to appropriate amount of contrast to an image. 

What is look-up table (LUT)

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