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Radiography: digital

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Synonym(s): Digital radiography, Computed radiography (CR), Indirect digital radiography, Direct digital radiography (DDR)


Introduction

  • Conventional X-ray film has an intrinsically high resolution exceeding that of many digital systems.
  • Despite this digital radiography has superseded conventional radiography in many hospital departments.
  • Disadvantages associated with conventional film-based radiography may include difficulty or impossibility to correctly expose all areas on a radiograph. A darkroom and chemicals are required to process the radiographs and exposure problems and film faults are common Radiography: film faults. Film is also bulky to store and radiographs are easily lost and difficult to distribute.
  • Digital imaging systems were developed in the early 1980s to overcome some of the problems associated with conventional film-based systems.
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Digital radiography systems

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Exposure

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Image quality

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Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

  • Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
  • Ewers R S & Hofmann-Parisot M (2000) Assessment of the quality of radiographs in 44 veterinary clinics in Great Britain. Vet Rec 147 (1), 7-11 PubMed.
  • Bansall G J (2006) Digital radiography, a comparison with modern conventional imaging. Postgrad Med J 82 (969), 425-428 PubMed.

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