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Digital Technology
Troubleshooting Digital Radiography Workshop
Now that you have made the transition from analog to digital imaging, understand
the fundamental concepts of CR/DR and how it works, what is the next challenge? The
overwhelming response to this question is how do you make it work for you in clinical
applications and what do you do when it doesn’t! It is all but impossible for any manufacturer
to build a “one size fits all” factory program for equipment and technique that will
fit any given facility.
This workshop provides graphic demonstrations of digital technology and easy to
understand explanations of digital radiography emphasizing: image acquisition, processing,
post processing of images, artifacts and troubleshooting the system and images. This
course is designed for technologist actively using digital imaging in clinical practice,
administrators, educators, QC technologists, and those who wish to optimize their skill
set working with digital imaging. There will be ample time during the workshop for group
interaction and questions.
Course Topics
Day 1
• What is a digital image and how it is created
• Current status of digital imaging
• Pixels, voxels, and matrices
• Analog to digital conversion
• Algorithms and Histograms
• Storage and Display
• Computed Radiography
• Assessing the need for computed radiography vs.
direct digital radiography
• Your existing radiography equipment is it compatible?
• Acquiring the image – Technique Dos and Don’ts
• Understanding image acquisition and sensitivity numbers
• Select speeds
• Optimal digital techniques
• ALARA
• Photostimuable plates
• Digital Readers (digitizer)
• Software functions for images
• Preprocessing
• Post processing
• Creating your own algorithms and expanding anatomic
programming choices
• Quality Assurance and troubleshooting your images –
Artifacts and there meaning
Day 2
• Direct Digital Radiography Equipment
• Types of Equipment from simple DDR to Digital
Tomosynthesis
• Digital Fluoroscopy
• Image Receptors
• Direct
• Indirect
• CCD
• TFTs, photodiodes, and the active matrix
• DDR QC
• Digital monitors and workstations
• The digital environment from the RIS to the PACS
and the HER
Target Audience
Radiology department managers, administrators, directors,
chief technologists, QA technologists, PACS
administrators, and staff technologists who are preparing
to enter the digital imaging marketplace and desire a
thorough understanding of hardware and software issues
as well as the network, connectivity, and evaluation procedures
of digital.
CME Credits
The Advanced Health Education Center is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
“The Advanced Health Education Center designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 16 hours AMA PRA
Category I. Physician should claim credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.”
“AHRA The Association for Medical Imaging Management
has approved this program for 16 hours of category A continuing
education credit.”
Credits
Physicians - 16 hours AMA PRA Category 1
Radiologic Technologists - 16 hours Category A, Direct
New Course
Mark A. Struthers, BBA, BSRT, RT(R)(MR), CMRT, CIIP
Mark is an instructor for the Sanford-Brown
Radiography Program.
His experience in Medical imaging
includes technological, management,
education, and imaging
informatics. His experience and
expertise have made him a popular presenter at the
local, state, and national level for many years. He is
active in providing continuing education both as a lecturer
and creator of home study programs.
Faculty
Mark Struthers, BBA, BSRT, RT(R)(MR), CMRT, CIIP
Dates/Locations
Los Angeles, CA Apr 27-28 Sat-Sun Struthers
Las Vegas, NV Mar 2-3 Sat-Sun Struthers
Houston, TX Jun 22-23 Sat-Sun Struthers
Houston, TX Sep 28-29 Sat-Sun Struthers
Fee $389 includes lecture and learning materials.
Participants are responsible for housing and
transportation.
“
I have to admit this
instructor has got to
be one of your best. I
could not stop
raving about how much
I learned and how great
an instructor he is. ” Irene Mello
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