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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 4-28-2009 |
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DMI221 2009 Summer I – 2012 Summer II |
LEC 2.0 Credit(s) 2.0 Period(s) 2.0 Load Occ |
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Advanced
Digital Imaging |
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Equipment used in digital imaging, including image
intensification, and spot cassette. Calculation of minification
and brightness gain. Recording, viewing and storage systems. Components and
operating principles related to digital fluoroscopy. Principles, physics, and
instrumentation related to digital radiography and computed tomography. Prerequisites: DMI105 and DMI107. |
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MCCCD
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DMI221 2009
Summer I – 2012 Summer II |
Advanced Digital Imaging |
1. Compare
the image acquisition and extraction of cassette-based versus cassette-less
systems, including detector mechanism, initial image processing, histogram
analysis, automatic rescaling and exposure index determination. (I)
2. Apply
the concepts related to the operation of the image intensifiers. (II)
3. Describe
different types of recording and viewing systems related to the imaging chain.
(III)
4. Differentiate
between the equipment and operating principles related to conventional and
digital fluoroscopy. (IV)
5. Identify
the components, operations and processes related to computed tomography. (V)
6. Evaluate
the components, operations and processes related to Picture Archival and
Communications System (PACS). (VI)
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MCCCD
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DMI221 2009
Summer I – 2012 Summer II |
Advanced Digital Imaging |
I. Digital
Imaging
A. Cassette-Based
– Computed Radiography (CR)
1. Image
qualities
2. Histogram
analysis
3. Algorithm
4. Look-up-tables
(LUT)
5. Windowing/Leveling
6. Acquisition
Issues
7. Exposure
field recognition (EFR)
B. Cassette-Less
Digital Imaging
1. Exposure
field recognition (EFR)
C. Exposure
Myths Associated with Digital Systems
D. Patient
Exposure Control
II. Image
Intensification Principles and Characteristics
A. Housing
B Input
Phosphor
C. Photocathode
D. Electrostatic
Lenses
E. Anode
F. Output
Phosphor
G. Multi-Field
Intensifier
H. Image
Properties
1. Spatial
resolution
2. Distortion
3. Noise
I. Minification and Brightness Gain
1. Minification gain
2. Flux
gain
3. Brightness
gain formula
4. Automatic
brightness control
5. Brightness
gain problem
III. Viewing and
Recording Systems
A. Spot
Cassette Filming
B. Film
Cameras
1. Fiber-optic
bundle
2. Lens
system
C. Recorders
– Electronic, Optical Disk, and Magnetic Disk
D. Laser
Printers
E. Video
Camera Tube
F. Charged-Coupled
Device
G. TV
Monitor
H. Spatial
Resolution
IV. Digital
Fluoroscopy
A. Differences
Between Conventional and Digital Fluoroscopy
B. Pulsed
Generator
C. Analog-to-Digital
Converter
D. Image
Reconstruction
E. Display
System
F. Temporal
Subtraction Methods
G. Cine
Loop
H. Cinefluorography
I. Spatial
Resolution
V. Computed
Tomography (CT)
A. Generation
of Scanners
B. Operating
Components
C. Image
Processing
D. Image
Qualities
E. Radiation
Protection
VI. Picture
Archival Communications System (PACS)
A. History
of Digital Imaging Information
1. Storage
2. Archiving
B. Terminology
1. Digital
2. Analog
3. Bits,
Bytes
4. Pixels
5. Matrix
6. Window
7. Transmission
8. Digital
Information and Communications (DICOM)
C. Images
1. Acquisition
2. Storage
a. Capacity
b. Types
of Media
c. Locations
3. Archiving
4. Maintenance
5. Future
Applications
D. Electronic
Medical Record
1. Health
Information System (HIS)
a. Links
to other information systems
2. Radiology
Information Systems (RIS)
3. Legal
issues in electronic record keeping confidentiality
a. Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
E. Equipment
1. Computer
viewing Stations
a. Quick
view monitor
b. Quality
control view monitor
c. Reading/interpretation
monitor
2. Networks
3. Work
Flow
4. DICOM
a. Standards
b. Conformance
c. Applications
5. Transmission
a. T
Lines (band width)
b. Local
Area Network (LAN)
c. Wide
Area Network (WAN)
d. Web
based
e. Internet
f. Teleradiology