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Digital Radiography for Technologists
8 Hours ARRT Category A Credit
Charles R. Wilson, PhD, FACR
About this Seminar
Digital radiography is rapidly replacing screen-film radiography in many radiology departments today. A variety of detector, readout and display technologies are available. It is necessary for the technologist in the modern radiology department to become familiar with the technical principles, image quality metrics, radiation exposure issues and picture archiving and communication systems as the use of digital radiography expands. This seminar will provide imaging professionals with an excellent opportunity to refresh their knowledge on computerized imaging, detector technology, image acquisition techniques and processing, radiation safety and quality control.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
  • Describe key characteristics of the digital image.
  • Understand the technical principles of digital image acquisition systems using DR, CR and other image capture methods.
  • Understand the principles of soft copy displays.
  • Obtain optimal image quality and reduce radiation dose.
  • Perform common image processing techniques.
  • Perform quality control issues on both image acquisition and display devices.
Locations & Dates
Milwaukee, WI Mar 20, 10
New York, NY Apr 17, 10
Kansas City, MO Sep 18, 10
Oklahoma City, OK Nov 20, 10

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Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed for all imaging professionals who are interested in increasing their knowledge of this rapidly expanding modality. Both radiological technologists who currently are working in digital radiography and those who may in the future will benefit from this seminar. A basic understanding of the principles of conventional film screen radiography will be assumed.
About the Instructor
Charles R. Wilson, PhD, FACR
Dr. Wilson is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Head of the Medical Physics Section at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has worked for many years in the field of digital imaging, mammography and bone densitometry. He has published numerous papers and given many presentations in radiological topics and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in digital radiography.
Seminar Credit
This program provides 8 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the seminar. All attendees must attend the entire seminar to receive full credit.
Seminar Schedule
8:00 am Registration and Coffee
8:30 am Basic Computer Architecture
  • Components - hardware, software
  • Binary numbering system
9:00 am Characteristics of Analog and Digital Images
  • Continuous versus discrete
  • Limiting spatial resolution
  • Dynamic range
Digital Image Acquistion - Part I
  • Radiograph digitization
  • DR detector technology
10:00 am Informal Discussion and Break
10:10 am Digital Image Aquisition - Part II
  • CR detector technology
  • CCD detectors - area and fan beam geometries
Digital Image Presentation
  • Pre and post processing
  • Image area recognition and histogram analysis
  • Characteristic response curves and sharpening filters
12:00 noon Lunch - (on your own)
1:00 pm Digital Image Display
  • Soft copy display technology
    - CRT
    - LCD
  • Hard copy devices
  • DICOM gray scale display function
2:30 pm Informal Discussion and Break
2:40 pm Digital Image Storage
  • Magnetic and optical devices
  • RAID, SAN, data storage providers
Digital Image Metrics
  • MTF, NPS, DQE
  • Noise, dose and image quality
Digital Image Processing Applications
  • Spatial filtering - smoothing, edge enhancement, tomosynthesis, dual energy subtraction, CAD
Quality Control Issues
4:00 pm Digital Images and PACS/RIS/HIS/EMR
Introduction to DICOM, HL7 standards
4:30 pm Adjourn
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Milwaukee, WI - March 20, 2010
Accommodations:
Milwaukee Marriott West
W231 N1600 Corporate Court
Waukesha, WI 53186
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Room Rate:  Single $98/Double $121
Reservations can be made two weeks prior to course
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Waukesha, WI  53186
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New York, NY - April 17, 2010
Sheraton Long Island
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Hauppauge, NY 11788
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MTMI Room Rate $139 single/double
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