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RT 244 Main Factors Affecting Recorded Detail Notes 2
RT 244 Main Factors Affecting Recorded Detail Notes 2
GEOMETRIC QUALITIES
DETAIL How “clear” the object looks on the radiograph
DISTORTION Recorded Detail
MAGNIFICATION Other names:
DETAIL -sharpness of detail resolution
The degree of sharpness in an object’s borders and -definition degree of noise
structural details.
Central Ray
Radiation beam diverges from the tube in a pyramid Photons along the beam’s periphery travel at an
shape. angle
Photons in the center travel along a straight line – When central ray in angled, image shape is
CR distorted.
SID
SOD
Measuring % of Magnification
What is the % of mag when you have a 72” SID and4” OID? DO the math…………
Material Unsharpness
Equipment used can contribute to image Intensifying screens
unsharpness Lower patient dose
Fast film/screen combinations = decrease in image Changes resolution of image
sharpness slow screens less LIGHT = better detail
Slower film/screen combinations = increase in Faster – less detail (more blurring on edges)
image sharpness
Screen Speed
Efficiency of a screen in converting x-rays to light Film is designed to be sensitive to the color of light
is Screen Speed. emitted by the intensifying screens.
Spectral Matching (F/S) Blue LIGHT– Conventional Calcium Tungstate
What does it mean? screen
Name the two types of screen phosphors Green, Yellow-Green LIGHT
What light spectrum do they emit? – Rare Earth screen
Spectral Sensitivity
Spectral Matching (F/S systems)
IMAGE ON FILM
SINGLE EMULSION = BETTER DETAIL DOUBLE EMULISON = LESS DETAIL
PARALLAX With double emulsion – an image is created on both emulsions – then superimposed – slight blurring
of edges