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This document discusses Computed Radiography (CR) and Digital Radiography (DR), which are two methods for obtaining digital x-rays. CR uses existing x-ray machines and captures images digitally using imaging plates, which store x-ray data that is later extracted digitally. DR uses direct or indirect flat panel detectors in digital x-ray machines to directly or indirectly convert x-rays into electronic signals. Both methods allow for digital image processing and eliminate the need for darkroom film processing.
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- 1. COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY & DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY Dr MohitGoel JR II, 1/10/2013
- 2. Digital X-ray Technology Thereare two ways to obtain Digital X-rays: • Computed Radiography • Digital Radiography
- 3. Computed Radiography (CR) •A Digital way of doing general radiography with Conventional X-ray machines
- 4. What is CR? •Computed Radiography (CR) is a process of capturing radiographic data from a conventional X-ray machine and processing the data digitally to produce crisp and high quality radiographic images
- 5. What is CR?… •For exposure, an Imaging Plate (IP) is placed in a cassette instead of a piece of film. The IP captures and "stores" the X-rays • The image is "developed" in a CR reader instead of a film processor. The CR reader extracts the information stored in the plate and produces a digital image
- 6. What is CR?… •Computed Radiography is a digital image acquisition process that produces images that have much better contrast than a Conventional X-ray film-screen system
- 7. Basic Modules ofCR MATRIXLR 3300 Digitizer Preview & ID Station Processing Server ID Tablet Laser Camera Cassette with Imaging Plate
- 8. Imaging Plate (IP) •The Imaging Plate looks like the intensifying screens found in Conventional film-screen cassettes • They are made of photostimulable phosphor
- 9. Imaging Plate (IP) •Instead of emitting light immediately when exposed to X-rays, the photostimulable phosphor has the special property of storing the X-ray energy in a latent form and releasing the same when stimulated by a laser energy in the CR Reader / Digitizer
- 10. Imaging Plate (IP)… •Storage phosphors are unique because they respond to a very wide range of X-ray exposures • This latitude gives the flexibility in selecting X-ray technique and takes care of under or over exposure • Regardless of the exposure, the image can be displayed correctly • As a consequence, retakes due to inappropriate exposures are drastically reduced
- 11. Storage phosphor principle laserstimulation EmissionAbsorption x-rays electron trap electron trap
- 12. Storage phosphor principle… •The imaging plate is coated with photostimulable phosphor, also called storage phosphor • The phosphor material is generally a kind of Bariumfluorohalide • The Imaging Plate contains not only the phosphor layer, but also a protective coat, a conductive layer, support and laminate layers
- 13. Storage phosphor principle… •Incident X-rays excite electrons into a higher energy level (electron traps) • A latent image is created in the form of “stored energy” • Stimulation with a scanning laser beam releases electrons • Typical wavelength of the stimulating laser is 633 nm • Falling back, electrons emit luminescent light • Typical wavelength of the emitted light is 390 nm
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- 15. Storage phosphor principle… •The emitted light intensity is proportional to the original incident X-ray intensity • The emitted light is captured with an optical array and a photomultiplier and is digitized • The residual image is erased from the plate by an intense light source, which returns all electrons to their original state. This makes the plate ready to be reused for new exposures
- 16. • The storagephosphor plate fits inside a standard size cassette and is exposed to X-rays exactly like film • The X-ray energy is stored on the plate in the form of latent energy How is a Storage Phosphor plate exposed?
- 17. Patient ID Station •Before exposing the cassette, the patient demographic and exam data is stored on the microchip attached on cassette • This is done by inserting the cassette in a slot of ID station and entering the data with the help of keyboard • When cassette is inserted in digitizer after X-ray exposure, the digitizer reads both patient data as well as X-ray exposure data • The two data are combined to display images along with patient data
- 18. Digitizer • The plateis inserted into the digitizer where it is scanned with a high power laser • The laser light causes the storage phosphors to release the energy they have captured in the form of blue light • In the digitizer, this blue light energy is converted to electrical signals which are then digitized to produce digital images
- 19. What happens toa Storage Phosphor Plate after it is scanned? • After exposure and scanning, the phosphor plate is "erased" by exposing to a bright light exposure within the digitizer • The previous image stored in the phosphors is removed and the plate is ready to be exposed again
- 20. Workstation • The digitizedimage data is processed on a processing server and is displayed on its monitor
- 21. How many timescan we use a Storage Phosphor Plate? • The life of a phosphor plate depends on how carefully it is handled. Physical damage to the plate will limit its useful life • If properly cared for, a plate will produce thousands of images • Imaging Plates are known to last more than 50000 Exposure Cycles
- 22. Does CR requireX-ray machine replacement? • No, CR uses the existing X-ray equipment • One CR system can support multiple x-ray rooms
- 23. How is theworkflow different with CR ? • Instead of taking the film cassette to a dark room for processing, the technologist takes the cassette with imaging plate to the CR reader for digital processing of the image • Instead of manually taking the films to the reporting radiologists , the softcopy images reach the workstation almost immediately
- 24. How is theworkflow different with CR ?… • The time required to acquire a Digital image is much less compared to conventional darkroom process • The film is the first product in Conventional where as the film is the last product in CR
- 25. CR WORKFLOW Rx Network Digitizer Printing MATR IXLR3300 Identification Processing server Exposure Cassette with Imaging Plate
- 26. Rx Network Digitizer Printing MATR IXLR 3300 Identification Processingserver Exposure Cassette with Imaging Plate The cassettes fit into X-ray table. After the exposure, the cassette is identified in the ID-station. Here patient and exam related information is stored. Next the digitizer reads the identification data, handles the plates, reads the image and sends out a raw dataset in DICOM-format. The automatic processing server processes the image according to the type of exam. For each type of exam, an optimized image processing parameter set-up is used. The processing server then pushes the processed image to the preview station for previewing. After approval the image is routed to other destinations such as a printer, a review station and an archive server.
- 27. Digital Radiography This techniqueis performed by digital X-ray machines with flat panel detectors
- 28. Digital Radiography Digital Radiographyuses two types of detectors: • Direct • Indirect
- 29. TFT =THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY
- 30. Indirect detectors Uses atwo step process that first converts X-rays into light, then converts that light energy into electronic signals
- 31. Direct detectors • Directdetectors automatically convert X- rays into electronic signals. X-rays interact with semiconductor material Amorphous selenium X-rays converted directly into electrical charge No intermediate steps
- 32. Direct detectors • Theflat panel detector consists of an amorphous selenium semiconductor X-ray absorber coating over a thin-film transistor array of amorphous silicon • In this system,X-ray photons are immediately converted into electronic signal • This immediate conversion eliminates the need for additional steps to capture and convert incident X-ray energy • Corrective image processing which can result in increased image noise is reduced with the highly efficient X-ray energy conversion of direct DR
- 33. Limitations of ConventionalX-ray process (X-ray film / Screen/Darkroom) • Film has a limited exposure latitude i.e less detail contrast • Time consuming & cumbersome • Intolerant to exposure errors • Repeat X-rays ( More radiation exposure ) • Film wastage
- 34. Limitations of ConventionalX-ray process (X-ray film / Screen/Darkroom)… • Cannot be duplicated without loss of quality • Film storage is a problem • Scatter radiation reduces contrast and increases patient dose • Quality control is an issue
- 35. What are theadvantages of Digital X-rays? • Post processing (soft tissue and bony details can be viewed at same time ) • Reduction in hazardous X-ray dose to patients • More info on one image • Constant image quality • Possibility of viewing X-ray images wherever needed
- 36. What are theadvantages of Digital X-rays?… • Digital images are of extremely high quality • Digital images have a future scope of better image management • Facility of giving multiple images of investigative studies on a single high definition laser film
- 37. How is DigitalX-ray similar to Conventional basic radiography process ?… • Radiography consists of following functions: -Image data acquisition -Image processing -Reproduction of image -Storage
- 38. How is DigitalX-ray similar to Conventional basic radiography process ?… • In Screen film system, all the processes are done on the X-ray film itself which is used for: -Image data acquisition -Image reproduction -Storage
- 39. How is DigitalX-ray similar to Conventional basic radiography process ?… On the other hand, Digital X-ray distributes all the processes into different stages: • Imaging plate and digitizer are used for image data acquisition in CR and Amorphous Selenium detector array in DR • Processing server is used for image processing and storage • Workstation monitor is used for image reproduction
- 40. What is therole of Digital X-ray in PACS Environment? • Digital X-ray is the only film less way to link the existing general radiography set up into the digital environment of PACS
- 41. Features of DigitalX-ray • Image enhancement • Printing • Annotation • Black border • Panoramic dental package • Full leg / Full Spine
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- 43. Soft tissue andbone windows
- 44. Digital image manipulation •Image pre-processing • Scale the data to appropriate range • Contrast enhancement – Anatomy specific grayscale manipulation • Spatial frequency enhancement
- 45. Soft tissue andbone windows
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- 48. Collimation MISS.PADMINI 20YRS,F 14/08/200420:15:01 SKULL, MASTIODS 23 MISS.PADMINI 20YRS,F 14/08/2004 20:17:01 SKULL, MASTIODS 23 MISS.PADMINI 20YRS,F 14/08/2004 20:15:01 SKULL, MASTIODS 23 MISS.PADMINI 20YRS,F 14/08/2004 20:17:01 SKULL, MASTIODS 23
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- 51. Invert image DIGITIZER, EMERGENCY1O/07/2004 22:3O:28 DIGITIZER, EMERGENCY 1O/07/2004 22:3O:28
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- 53. Vertical flip MR.RAVINDER 33YRS,M 19/08/2004 14:20:08 RIGHT LEG, AP&LAT 268 MR.RAVINDER 33YRS, M 19/08/2004 14:20:08 RIGHT LEG, AP&LAT 268
- 54. Multiple images onsingle film MRS.SWAPNA 30YRS, F 29/06/2004 09:15:32
- 55. Multiple images onsingle film MRS.FARIDA 30YRS ,F 12/8/2004 09:15:23
- 56. CR vs DR CR imaging plate Processing is done in a Digital Reader Signal sent to computer Viewed on a monitor DR transistor receiver (like bucky) directly into digital signal seen immediately on monitor –
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Editor's Notes
- #8 Plates and cassettes ID software (running on Sun) to identify patient and exam data ID tablet connected to the computer transmits the ID data to the cassette ADC Compact reader scans the plates and outputs the raw image (in DICOM) to the Processing Server (Sun) Autoprocessing Software (running on Sun) processes the raw image according to exam selected and outputs the processed image to the network (in DICOM). Ideal configuration for private practices and small departments. Very economic and space-saving. Open for expansion and for future linking with colleagues or larger departments (teleradiology).
- #12 The imaging plate is coated with photostimulable phosphor, also called storage phosphor. The phosphor material is generally a kind of Bariumfluorohalide, e.g. BaSrFBr:Eu The imaging plate contains not only the phosphor layer, but also a protective EBC coat, a conductive layer, PET support and laminate layers. Incident x-rays excite electrons into a higher energy level (electron traps). A latent image is created in the form of “stored energy”. Stimulation with a scanning laser beam releases electrons. Typical wavelength of the stimulating laser is 633 nm. Falling back, electrons emit luminescent light. Typical wavelength of the emitted light is 390 nm. The emitted light intensity is proportional to the original incident x-ray intensity. The emitted light is captured with an optical array and a photomultiplier and digitized. The residual image is erased from the plate by an intense light source, which returns all electrons to their original state. This makes the plate ready to be reused for new exposures.
- #26 The ADC cassettes fit into whatever X-ray table. After ( or before ) the exposure the cassette is identified in the ID-station. Here patient and exam related information is stored via an embedded RF-tag ( radio frequency ). Next the digitizer reads the identification data, handles the plates, reads the image and sends out a raw dataset in DICOM-format. The automatic processing sw processes the image according to the type of exam. For each type of exam, an optimized image processing parameter set-up is used. The processing server then pushes the processed image to the preview station for previewing. After approval the image is routed to other destinations such as a printer, a review station, an archive server, ...
- #27 The ADC cassettes fit into whatever X-ray table. After ( or before ) the exposure the cassette is identified in the ID-station. Here patient and exam related information is stored via an embedded RF-tag ( radio frequency ). Next the digitizer reads the identification data, handles the plates, reads the image and sends out a raw dataset in DICOM-format. The automatic processing sw processes the image according to the type of exam. For each type of exam, an optimized image processing parameter set-up is used. The processing server then pushes the processed image to the preview station for previewing. After approval the image is routed to other destinations such as a printer, a review station, an archive server, ...