This document provides an overview of digital radiography. It discusses the history, general principles, detectors, advantages, and disadvantages of digital radiography. Digital radiography was first developed in 1980 and makes radiographic images digitally stored and viewable on computers. The document focuses on the two main types of detectors used: flat panel detectors and high-density line-scan solid state detectors. Flat panel detectors can be indirect, using a scintillator, or direct, converting x-rays directly into charge. Digital radiography provides benefits like instant viewing, less radiation dose, and ability to share images digitally, but has higher costs than traditional radiography.

1. DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY
PRESENTATED BY
AMBAR JYOTI HAZARIKA
BT/BME-13/03

2. OUTLINES
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
GENERAL PRINCIPLE
DETECTORS
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
CONCLUSION

3. What is radiography ?
 Radiography is an imaging technique
that’s uses electromagnetic radiation
other then visible light.
 Specially x-ray
 It is use to view internal structure of
human body

4. What Is Digital Radiography?
 Making radiographic images as
versatile as
pictures from digital camera
 Making radiographic images visible
and
storable on a personal computer or a
hospital-wide system

5. HISTORY
 The first digital radiography system
was developed by Fuji (Tokyo, Japan)
in 1980

6. General Principles
of Radiography
The part is placed between the
radiation source and detector. The
part will stop some of the radiation.
Thicker and more dense area will stop
more of the radiation.
The film darkness (density) will
vary with the amount of radiation
reaching the film through the test
object.
= less exposure
= more exposure

7. DR Overview

10. Detectors
1. Flat panel detectors(FPDs)
2. High density line-scan solid state
detectors.

11. Flat panel detectors
1. Indirect FPDs
2. Direct FPDs

12. Indirect FPDs
 Amorphous silicon(a-si) is most
common material of commercial
FPDs.
 Combining a-si detector with a
scintillator in the outer layer
 Which is made from caesium
iodide(Csl) or gadolinium
oxysulfide(Gd2o2s), converts x-ray to
light.
 Because of this conversion the a-si
detector considered an indirect image

13.  The light is channeled through the
amorphous silicon(a-si) photodiode
layer where it is converted to a digital
output signal.
 The digital signal read out by the
transistors
 Send to a computer for display.

14. Direct FPDs
 X-ray photon convert directly into the
charge.
 X-ray photon create electron hole
pairs in amorphous silicon(a-si) and
the transit of these electrons and
holes dependent on the potential of
the bias voltage charge
 As the holes are replaced with
electron
 The resultant charge pattern in the

15. High density line scan
detectors
 It is composed of a photostimulable
barium fluorobromide doped with
europium(BaFBr:Eu) or caesium
bromide(CsBr) phosphor.
 Phosphor detector records the x-ray
energy during exposure
 And scanned by laser diode to excite
the stored energy which is released
and read out by a digital image

16. Advantage
 Elimination of darkroom
 No chemical processing waste
 Elimination of radiography flim
 Instant viewing of image
 Less radiation dose to the patient
 Image can be send via email
 Save time

17. Disadvantage
 High cost
 Need a computer or network

18. Conclusion
 Digital radiography will change the
way technologists practice
radiography.
 However, it will not eliminate the need
for a quality education and an
understanding of radiology principles.
In fact, digital radiography will require
additional learning in order to
maximize its usefulness.

19. References
 https://www.aapm.org/meetings/04SS/
documents/yester.PDF
 http://iust.edu.sy/courses/DIGITAL%2
0RADIOGRAPHY.pdf
 Youtube videos
 http://radiopaedia.org/articles/flat-
panel-detectors