Digital Radiography: An Introduction for Technologists

Medical Technology Management Institute

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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.

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Portland, OR	Sep 20, 08
Denver, CO	Oct 18, 08
Boston, MA	Nov 01, 08

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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 tipics 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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technologist	189.00	179.00	171.00	161.00	199.00	179.00

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Portland, OR - September 20, 2008 Embassy Suites Airport 7900 NE 82nd Ave. Portland, OR 97220 503-460-3000 www.embassysuitesportlandairport.com MTMI Discounted Guest Room Rate $119 single/double Make Hotel Reservations by 9/5/08 Free Parking	Denver, CO - October 18, 2008 Doubletree Denver Southwest 13696 East Iliff Place Aurora, CO 80014 303-337-2800 www.doubletree.com MTMI discounted guest room rate $99.00 double/single Make Reservations by 10/01/08 Free Parking	Boston, MA - November 1, 2008 Holiday Inn Select Boston/Woburn 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road Woburn, MA 01810 781-935-8760 www.holidayinnselect.com/woburn MTMI Discounted Guest Room Rate $99 single/double Make Reservations by 10/9/08 Free Parking
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