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Digital Radiography Detectors: A Technical Overview

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Developments in digital detector technologies have been taking place and new digital technologies are available for clinical practice. This chapter is intended to give a technical state-of-the-art overview about computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) detectors. CR systems use storage-phosphor image plates with a separate image readout process and DR technology converts X-rays into electrical charges by means of a readout process using TFT arrays. Digital detectors offer several advantages when compared to analogue detectors. The knowledge about digital detector technology for use in plain radiograph examinations is thus a fundamental topic to be acquired by radiology professionals and students. In this chapter an overview of digital radiography systems (both CR and DR) currently available for clinical practice is provided.

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  1. Departamento das Ciências e Tecnologias das Radiações e Biossinais da Saúde, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa (ESTeSL) - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Luís Lança

  2. Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

    Augusto Silva

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Lança, L., Silva, A. (2013). Digital Radiography Detectors: A Technical Overview. In: Digital Imaging Systems for Plain Radiography. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5067-2_2

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