Certainly nothing like the dental digital xrays I've had. I have a
radiologist friend that can probably explain this.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: [OM] Some interesting digital x-ray image technology
>I had my knees x-rayed yesterday (no good news there) and it was done
> using a Fuji FCR XC-2 digital processor. Or at least the x-ray tech
> told me is was digital but couldn't explain how it worked. I couldn't
> figure it out since I expected a digital sensor that was wired directly
> to a computer. Much to my surprise the "sensor" seemed to be no
> different than a film plate. Just a rectangular, olive colored
> cartridge roughly 11x17x1" wrapped with an aluminum frame around it.
> After the exposure was made the cartridge was removed (as though it was
> film) and taken over the the Fuji processor where I could no longer see
> what was going on.
>
> After the x-rays were done and I discovered that grilling the x-ray tech
> was getting me no useful information I wrote down the name and model
> number of the machine and looked it up on the web. The technology is
> "storage phosphor technology" (SPT) and operates in a vaguely similar
> manner to storage phosphor display tubes used on oscilloscopes and
> analog graphic display devices of many years ago.
>
> Anyhow, I thought some of you might find the technology description
> interesting as did I. It's not the digital imaging technology we've
> come to know in our cameras. <http://www.alara.com/about/spt.html>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.93/2206 - Release Date: 06/27/09
17:55:00
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|