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• Instructions for online access
• Cover image
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Reviewers
• Preface
• New to This Edition
• Features
• Organization
• Teaching Aids for the Instructor
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Introduction
• 1 Introduction to Digital Radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication System
• Conventional Film/Screen Radiography
• Digital Imaging
• Digital Radiography
• Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
• Transitioning From Film/Screen to Digital Imaging
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Part II Basic Principles of Digital Radiography
• 2 Digital Imaging Characteristics
• Analog Images Versus Digital Images
• Characteristics of a Digital Image
• Image Quality Characteristics
• Modulation Transfer Function
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 3 Digital Radiographic Image Processing and Manipulation
• The Image Histogram
• Histogram Formation
• Digital Radiography Signal Sampling
• Quality Control Workstation Functions
• Basic Functions of the Processing System
• Image Management
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Part III Digital Image Acquisition
• 4 Photostimulable Phosphor Image Capture
• Photostimulable Phosphor Equipment
• Exposure
• Artifacts
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 5 Thin-Film Transistor Flat-Panel Array Image Acquisition
• Active-Matrix Flat-Panel Imagers
• Flat-Panel Array Design and Performance
• Flat-Panel Artifacts
• Emerging Technology
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 6 Charge-Coupled Device/Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Image Capture
• Charge-Coupled Devices
• Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Systems
• Comparison Between Charge-Coupled Device and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Technology
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Part IV Picture Archiving and Communication System
• 7 Basic Computer Principles
• How Does the Computer Work?
• Hardware Components
• Monitors
• Operating Systems
• Computers in the Radiology Department
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 8 Networking and Communication Basics
• Network Classifications
• Typical Components of a Network
• Network Topology
• Application Interfacing
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 9 Picture Archiving and Communication System Fundamentals
• Fundamentals
• System Architecture
• Display Workstations
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 10 Picture Archiving and Communication System Archiving and Peripherals
• Archiving Components
• Archive Considerations
• Picture Archiving and Communication System Peripheral Devices
• Film Digitizers
• Imagers
• Compact Disk/Digital Versatile Disk Burners
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 11 Medical Informatics
• Informatics
• Benefits
• Barriers
• Informatics and Information Technology
• Data Conversion
• Electronic Health Records
• Major Components of an Electronic Health Record
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Part V Quality Control and Quality Management
• 12 Ensuring Quality in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
• Quality Aspects
• Terms of Quality
• Picture Archiving and Communication System Equipment Quality Control
• Picture Archiving and Communication System Continuous Quality Improvement
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 13 Quality Acceptance Testing Within Digital Projection Imaging
• Total Quality Management
• Quality Control Standards
• Phosphor Imaging Systems
• Quality Control Schedules and Responsibilities
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Glossary
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Abbreviation Table
• Index