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INTENSIFYING SCREENS
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Question | Answer |
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What % of the x-rays incident on the radiographic film interact with the film | Less than 1% |
Use of screens results in a _____ radiation dose to the patient but there may be a slight _______ to the film | lower/ blur |
Visible light interacts with the film to form | latent image |
Any material that emits light in response to some outside stimulus | luminescent material or a phosphor |
2 types of luminescence | 1. Fluorescence 2. Phosphorescence |
Radiographic intensifying screens convert x-ray energy to | visible light |
visible light is emitted only when stimulated | Fluorescence |
the phosphor continues to emit light after stimulated | Phosphorescence |
the phosphor continues to emit light after stimulated | screen lag or after glow |
relative number used to identify the efficiency of conversion of x-rays to visible light | Screen speed |
emits light during stimulation | phosphor |
phosphor used before 1980 | calcium tungstate |
rare earth phosphors | gadolinium, lanthanum, and yttrium |
Can produce more light with less exposure | Rare earth screens |
faster than calcium tungstate screens | Rare earth screens |
reflects the light that is going in the opposite direction and directs it to the film | reflective layer |
This is the thickest layer | base |
This layer is primarily for mechanical support | base |
Light photons are produced | isotropically |
amaount of photons are emitted in the direction of the film | Less than 1/2 |
the speed of the screens are influenced by | The thickness of the phosphor layer and the size of the crystals |
This layer helps to resist abrasion and damage | Protective coating |
This layer also helps to decrease static electricity on the screen | Protective coating |
layer that is closest to the film | Protective coating |
what are the layers of the screen | 1. Protective coating 2. Phosphor 3. Reflective layer 4. Base |
Two reasons to limit the size of the x-ray field: | to decrease unnecessary exposure and Decrease scatter radiation so that image contrast improves |
X-rays that enter the image receptor | image forming x-rays |
X-rays that exit the patient | remnant x-rays |
The simplest beam restricting device | Aperture diaphragms |
positive beam limiting devices | Automatic collimators |
the most common beam limiting devices for radiography | Variable aperture collimators |
Has a white light and mirror to show the field and the central ray | Collimators |
These are metal structures that extend from the x-ray tube and restrict the useful beam to the required size | Cones and cylinders |
Consists of 2 sets of adjustable lead shutters that provided a rectangular or square field | Collimators |
used to decrease the patient dose | Screens |
the way to determine how efficient the screens are at reducing the dose | The intensification factor |
IF = | Exposure without a screen / Exposure with a screen |
refers to how small an object can be to be identified on an image | Spatial resolution |
refers to the ability to distinguish between and image tissues of similar density | Contrast resolution |
Speckled background and is seen with fast screens | Image Noise |
Quantum mottle | Image Noise |
Screen speed categories | Par, High speed, Fine detail |
rare earth – 50 to 80 speed | Fine detail |
High spatial resolution | Fine detail |
rare earth – up to 1200 speed | High speed |
Most use from 400-600 | High speed |
Calcium tungstate – 100 speed | Par |
% of the x-rays striking the radiographic screens interact with the screen | 30 |
involves the outer shell electrons | Luminescence |