Abbreviations
What is the sophisticated array of hardware and software than can connect all modalities with digital output? Also known as a "virtual film library".
Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS)
What are the highly complex mathematical formulas that are systematically applied to a data set for digital processing?
Algorithms
What is the ability to change or enhance an image so that it can be viewed from a different perspective or the ability to improve the image's diagnostic quality?
Postprocessing
What is the computer system designed to support and integrate the operations of an entire hospital?
Hospital Information System (HIS)
What are the individual components of an image matrix?
A Pixel
What is the brightness of a digital image?
The Level
What is the computer system that supports the operations of a radiology department?
Radiology Information System (RIS)
What is the square series of boxes that gives form to the image?
the Matrix
What is the range of gray levels of an image?
The width
This is the way that all modalities and PACS communicates, it also laid the groundwork for future PACS.
Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM)
The data management system, which is a specialized computer system, controls the flow of information on what?
A network
What is the random disturbances that obscure or reduce clarity in an image? (Making the radiographic image appear grainy or mottled?)
Noise