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Carlton & Adler Ch40
Carlton & Adler Ch40 Fluoro
Question | Answer |
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Credited with inventing fluoroscope | Thomas Edison 1896 |
Invention of image intensification tubes | 1948 |
Primary function of fluoroscope | real time imaging to provide visualization of dynamic processes as they occur |
Transparent protective outer covering of the eye | cornea |
Where light is focused onto the retina | lens |
Between the cornea and lens in the eye | Iris |
Controls the amount of light that is admitted to the eye | Iris |
Where the light is focused in the eye | retina |
Where cones and rods reside in eye | retina |
Area where the cones are concentrated in the center of the retina | fovea centralis |
Where are rods found in the retina | around the periphery |
Illumination is measured in what? | lumen per square meter or lux |
Sensitive to low levels of light, 2 lux | rods |
Less sensitive to light, 100 lux | cones |
Daylight vision | photopic |
Night vision | scotopic |
Minimum SOD in fixed fluoro equipment | 15 inches |
Fluoroscopic mA range | .5 to 5.0mA |
Diagnostic mA range | 50 to 1200mA |
Five major components in image intensifier | input screen, photocathode, acceleration anode, electrostatic focusing lenses, output phosphors. |
In contact with input phosphor to prevent divergence of light beam | photocathode |
Absorbs the light photons and emits electrons | photocathode |
Absorbs x-ray photons and emits light photons | input phosphor |
Electrons accelerated from cathode to anode | output phosphor |
Primary brightness gain occurs from what | acceleration & focusing of the electrons |
Absorbs electrons & emits light phosphors | output screen |
Entire image intensifier is housed where | inside lead lined housing |
Input phosphor has _____mm of sodium activated cesium | .1 - .2mm |
Range of input phosphor range of diameters | 6-23” |
Why is input phosphor concave | to maintain same distance between each point on input screen & corresponding location on output screen |
Photocathode is composed of what | cesium & antimony |
What attaches photocathode to input phosphor | protective coating |
Process of turning light photons into electrons | photoemission |
How many light photons does it take to cause emission of one electron | thousands (many) |
Stimulation is _____ not _____ | light not heat |
Focused and accelerated electrons through the vacuum to the output phosphor | electrostatic focusing lenses |
Electrostatic focusing lenses create what to intensify electron beam | electric potential |
Positively charged, draws electrons away from the photocathode at a tremendous velocity | accelerating anode |
Output screen is made of what? | silver-activated zinc-cadmium |
Electrons are converted into light photons where in the image intensifier? | output screen |
Photoelectrons that arrive at the output phosphor provide ____ times as many light photons than were created | 50-75 times |
How does image intensifier improve fluoroscopy | increasing brightness |
Minification gain x flux gain | brightness gain |
Ratio of the illumination intensity at the output phosphor to the radiation intensity of the input phosphor | brightness gain |
Ratio of the square of the diameter of the input phosphor to the square of the diameter of the output phosphor | minification gain |
Increase in brightness or intensity, not in the quality or number of photons | minification gain |
Ratio of the number of light photons at output phosphor to the number of x-rays at the input phosphor | flux gain |
Increase in the brightness as a result of acceleration of the electron | flux gain |
Measurement of conversion efficiency of output screen | flux gain |
Switches the mode from larger to smaller, increases voltage on electrostatic focusing lenses | multifield image intensification |
Causes the focal point to move further from the output phosphor | multifield image intensification |
Principle result of multifield image intensification | reduce the field of view and thereby magnify the image |
Magnification mode results | better spatial resolution, better contrast resolution, higher patient dose |
Maintains brightness of the image by automatically adjusting the exposure factors according to subject density and contrast | automatic brightness control |
When is primary beam changed when using automatic brightness control | when current and intensity fall below established limits |
Difference between plumbicon & vidicon tubes | different target materials & plumbicon has faster response time |
Heated filament that supplies a constant electron current by thermionic emission | electron gun |
Steer and accelerate the electrons to the anode | electrostatic grids |
Parts of the cathode in video camera tube | electron gun & electrostatic grids |
Parts of the anode in the video camera tube | window, signal plate, target |
Thin part of glass envelope in anode | window |
Made of metal or graphite in the anode | signal plate |
Photoconductive later of antimony trisulfide in anode | target |
Two methods of attaching the image intensifier to the camera tube | fiber optics & optic lens device |
Disadvantage of fiberoptics in production of video signal | cannot accommodate auxillary imaging devices such as cine or spot cameras. |
Allows for image to be seen on the TV monitor to be recorded at same time | optical lens device or lens coupling |
Used to transmit part of the beam to the tv camera and remainder to the film camera | beam splitting mirror |
Most important critical elements in optical chain in terms of alignment | camera lenses |
Types of viewing systems | video, cine, spot film, video camera tubes |
recording device with higher patient dose | cassette loaded spot film |
records only one frame at a time | photospot camera |
can be viewed as movie or stop action film | cine film |
benefit of cine film | increased resolution |
drawback of cine film | increased patient dose |
how does cine film record? | on video - VHS |
SSD for portables | 12" |
SSD for stationary units | 15" |
requirements for lead apron | must be worn by all persons present, at least .25mm of Pb/eq |
lead gloves used lead content | .25mm Pb/eq |
primary source of exposure in fluoroscopy | patient |
radiographer's responsibility in fluoroscopy | inform others in room to wear lead apron, do not initiate fluoro until all persons have complied |
in fluoro, switching from 9" to 6" FOV results in ___ in the resolution and ___ in patient entrance exposure | increases, increases |
image intensifier improved fluoroscopy by increasing image | brightness |
what is the purpose of fluoroscopy | to view dynamic anatomy |
what comes last in the image intensifier? | zinc cadmium sulfide screen |
what conversion occurs in the image at the input phosphor of the image intensifier tube? | x-rays are converted into visible light |
raster when it is scanning | active tracer |
raster when it is moving back to the next starting point | inactive tracer |
what comes last in the image intensifier | zinc cadmium sulfide screen |
visual acuity in the eye is greatest at the __ where the __ are concentrated | fovea centralis, cones |
image intensifier improved fluoroscopy by increasing image___ | brightness |
in fluoro, switching from 9" to 6" FOV results in __ in resolution and __ in pt entrance exposure | increase, increase |
x-rays that exit the patient and enter the image intensifier first interact with the | input phosphor |
what conversion occurs in the image at the input phosphor in the image intensifier tube | x-rays converted to visible light |
how is magnification gain calculated | input screen diameter / diameter of input screen used during magnification |
measurement of the increase in image intensity achieved by an image intensification tube | total brightness gain |
input screen diameter squared / output screen diameter squared | minification gain |
output phosphor intensity is measured in what? | candelas |
major cause of size distortion in fluoro | OID |
vignetting or pincushion distorting | distortion of edges of fluoro image because of concave input screen |
where is contrast improved and distortion minimized? | the center of the fluoro image |