Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Abbreviations and Terminology

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
ADC   show
🗑
CPU   show
🗑
CR   show
🗑
DICOM   show
🗑
show Direct Radiography Direct Digital Radiography  
🗑
show Imaging Plate  
🗑
show Picture Archiving Communication System  
🗑
show Photomultiplier Tube  
🗑
ROM   show
🗑
RAM   show
🗑
show Radio Frequency  
🗑
HL7   show
🗑
EMR   show
🗑
CCD   show
🗑
show Partition Recognition of Irradiated Exposed Fields  
🗑
show Exposure Data Recognition  
🗑
show American College of Radiology  
🗑
show single unit of data, binary digit, an 8 bit ADC encodes 256 values  
🗑
show system of controls that connects various components of computer system  
🗑
byte   show
🗑
dynamic range   show
🗑
edge enhancement   show
🗑
show the range of exposures that will produce densities within the diagnostic range; the range between the minimum and maximum exposures that will produce and acceptable range of densities for diagnostic purposes  
🗑
matrix   show
🗑
show random background information /quantum mottle /grainy appearance  
🗑
pixel   show
🗑
program data   show
🗑
show the ability to distinguish 2 adjacent details as being separate and distant from each other  
🗑
show graininess caused by a lack of sufficient incoming data to process an image also known as quantum noise  
🗑
voxel   show
🗑
partitioned pattern recognition   show
🗑
show Fiji system's method of locating the raw data  
🗑
histogram   show
🗑
show reference histogram of the luminance values cerived during image acquisition  
🗑
image stitching   show
🗑
show the direct conversion of x-ray energy to electrical signals without the light-conversion step  
🗑
indirect acquisition   show
🗑
show clinically irrelevant data is not included in image display  
🗑
show descriptive term used for the plates used in both direct and indirect digital systems  
🗑
show detector that consists of a photo-conductor which holds a charge on its surface that can be read out by a thin-film transistor  
🗑
HIS   show
🗑
show Radiology Information System  
🗑
show redundant array of independent disks  
🗑
JPEG   show
🗑
DAS   show
🗑
show computer image  
🗑
hard copy   show
🗑
show storage system that houses removable media and robotics to deliver the digital media  
🗑
show a mathematical reduction of the size of a piece of data to reduce the amount of time needed to transmit the data or the amount of space needed to store it.  
🗑
lossless   show
🗑
lossy   show
🗑
show able to store and retrive digital images multiple ways  
🗑
reliability   show
🗑
shuttering   show
🗑
cropping   show
🗑
Nyquist theorem   show
🗑
bandwidth   show
🗑
show amplifies or deletes all but the selected range or band of frequencies  
🗑
characteristic curve   show
🗑
DQE   show
🗑
EI   show
🗑
show sensitivity; how you know the exposure factors were set properly  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: srobinso
Popular Radiology sets