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
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
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.