DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY AND PACS

• Main Authors: Carter, Christi E. author, Vealé, Beth L. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, Missouri Elsevier 2023
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Subjects: Radiology Information Systems; Picture archiving and communication systems in medicine; Radiography, Medical > Digital techniques
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Practical and comprehensive, this resource offers up-to-date coverage of computed radiography, digital radiography, and PACS. It explores the differences between conventional and digital imaging systems and how computed and digital radiography systems fit within the radiology department. State-of-th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Introduction to digital radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication System
• Basic principles of digital radiography. Digital imaging characteristics
• Digital radiographic image processing and manipulation
• Digital image acquisition. Photostimulable phosphor image capture
• Thin-film transistor flat panel array image acquisition
• Charge-coupled device/complementary metal oxide semiconductor image capture
• PACS. Basic computer principles
• Networking and communication basics
• Medical image management and processing system, medical image storage devices, and medical image communications devices fundamentals
• Medical image storage device and peripherals
• Medical informatics
• Quality control and quality management. Ensuring quality in digital image viewing and storage systems
• Quality acceptance testing within digital projection imaging.