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Digital radiography and PACS / Christi Carter, Beth Veale.

By: Carter, Christi.
Contributor(s): Veale, Beth.
Publisher: St. Louis, MO : Elsevier, ©2019Edition: Third edition.Description: xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323547581 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Radiography, Medical -- Digital techniques | Picture archiving and communication systems in medicine | Image Processing | Computer-Assisted -- methods | Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted -- methods | Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted -- instrumentationDDC classification: 616.07572 C24 2019
Contents:
Introduction to digital radiography and PACS -- Digital imaging characteristics -- Digital radiographic image processing and manipulation -- Photostimulable phosphor image capture -- Thin-film transistor flat panel array image acquisition -- CCD/CMOS image capture -- Basic computer principles -- Networking and communication basics -- PACS fundamentals -- PACS archiving and peripherals -- Medical informatics -- Ensuring quality in PACS -- Quality acceptance testing within digital projection imaging.
Summary: 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-the art information on image acquisition, exposure guidelines, and quality control help you obtain the best possible radiographs. You will also learn about PACS workstations, archiving, film digitization, image printing, and more.
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Preceded by Digital radiography and PACS / Christi E. Carter, Beth L. Vealé. Rev. c2014.
Includes index.

Introduction to digital radiography and PACS --
Digital imaging characteristics --
Digital radiographic image processing and manipulation --
Photostimulable phosphor image capture --
Thin-film transistor flat panel array image acquisition --
CCD/CMOS image capture --
Basic computer principles --
Networking and communication basics --
PACS fundamentals --
PACS archiving and peripherals --
Medical informatics --
Ensuring quality in PACS --
Quality acceptance testing within digital projection imaging.

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-the art information on image acquisition, exposure guidelines, and quality control help you obtain the best possible radiographs. You will also learn about PACS workstations, archiving, film digitization, image printing, and more.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology

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