Fluoroscopic image quality in the film and filmless eras: A standardized comparison performed in coronary interventional facilities

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren Laskey ◽  
Merrill Wondrow ◽  
Charles Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image

The effect of a television digital noise reduction device on fluoroscopic image quality and dose rate.

Radiology ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
C C Jaffe ◽  
S C Orphanoudakis ◽  
R C Ablow
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image

Improving fluoroscopic image quality with continuously variable zoom magnification

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 972-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Rudin ◽  
Daniel R. Bednarek ◽  
Roland Wong
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image

Threshold contrast detail detectability measurement of the fluoroscopic image quality of a dynamic solid-state digital x-ray image detector

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Davies ◽  
Arnold R. Cowen ◽  
Stephen M. Kengyelics ◽  
Robert F. Bury ◽  
Tom J. Bruijns
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Image Detector ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image ◽  
Threshold Contrast

Development of a compact inkjet-printed patient-specific phantom for optimization of fluoroscopic image quality in neonates

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Marshall ◽  
Claire Joswiak ◽  
Erik Pearson ◽  
Zheng Feng Lu ◽  
Hania Al-Hallaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image

scholarly journals A compact and mobile hybrid C-arm scanner for simultaneous nuclear and fluoroscopic image guidance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn M. A. Dietze ◽  
Britt Kunnen ◽  
Frank Brontsema ◽  
Pascal Ramaekers ◽  
Casper Beijst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Image Guidance ◽  
Nuclear Imaging ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Ct Scanner ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image ◽  
3D Image Reconstruction ◽  
Iodinated Contrast ◽  
2D And 3D ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Purpose This study evaluates the performance of a mobile and compact hybrid C-arm scanner (referred to as IXSI) that is capable of simultaneous acquisition of 2D fluoroscopic and nuclear projections and 3D image reconstruction in the intervention room. Results The impact of slightly misaligning the IXSI modalities (in an off-focus geometry) was investigated for the reduction of the fluoroscopic and nuclear interference. The 2D and 3D nuclear image quality of IXSI was compared with a clinical SPECT/CT scanner by determining the spatial resolution and sensitivity of point sources and by performing a quantitative analysis of the reconstructed NEMA image quality phantom. The 2D and 3D fluoroscopic image of IXSI was compared with a clinical CBCT scanner by visualizing the Fluorad A+D image quality phantom and by visualizing a reconstructed liver nodule phantom. Finally, the feasibility of dynamic simultaneous nuclear and fluoroscopic imaging was demonstrated by injecting an anthropomorphic phantom with a mixture of iodinated contrast and 99mTc. Conclusion Due to the divergent innovative hybrid design of IXSI, concessions were made to the nuclear and fluoroscopic image qualities. Nevertheless, IXSI realizes unique image guidance that may be beneficial for several types of procedures. Key Points • IXSI can perform time-resolved planar (2D) simultaneous fluoroscopic and nuclear imaging. • IXSI can perform SPECT/CBCT imaging (3D) inside the intervention room.

Progress In The Practical Application Of Automated Image Analysis To Tem Negatives

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 214-217
Author(s):  
F. A. Heckman ◽  
E. Redman ◽  
J.E. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Image Contrast ◽  
Automated Image Analysis ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
High Image Quality ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study

In our initial publication on this subject1) we reported results demonstrating that contrast is the most important factor in producing the high image quality required for reliable image analysis. We also listed the factors which enhance contrast in order of the experimentally determined magnitude of their effect. The two most powerful factors affecting image contrast attainable with sheet film are beam intensity and KV. At that time we had only qualitative evidence for the ranking of enhancing factors. Later we carried out the densitometric measurements which led to the results outlined below.Meaningful evaluations of the cause-effect relationships among the considerable number of variables in preparing EM negatives depend on doing things in a systematic way, varying only one parameter at a time. Unless otherwise noted, we adhered to the following procedure evolved during our comprehensive study:Philips EM-300; 30μ objective aperature; magnification 7000- 12000X, exposure time 1 second, anti-contamination device operating.

Observability of Very Thick Specimen by Using Transmission Scanning Electron Microscope

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
K. Shibatomi ◽  
T. Yamanoto ◽  
H. Koike
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Chromatic Aberration ◽  
Image Contrast ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Thick Specimen ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Electron

In the observation of a thick specimen by means of a transmission electron microscope, the intensity of electrons passing through the objective lens aperture is greatly reduced. So that the image is almost invisible. In addition to this fact, it have been reported that a chromatic aberration causes the deterioration of the image contrast rather than that of the resolution. The scanning electron microscope is, however, capable of electrically amplifying the signal of the decreasing intensity, and also free from a chromatic aberration so that the deterioration of the image contrast due to the aberration can be prevented. The electrical improvement of the image quality can be carried out by using the fascionating features of the SEM, that is, the amplification of a weak in-put signal forming the image and the descriminating action of the heigh level signal of the background. This paper reports some of the experimental results about the thickness dependence of the observability and quality of the image in the case of the transmission SEM.

An Environmental Wet Cell For High Voltage Electron Microscopy

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 18-19
Author(s):  
N.J. Tighe ◽  
H.M. Flower ◽  
P.R. Swann
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Inelastic Scattering ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
Environmental Cell ◽  
Water Saturated ◽  
High Temperature Gas

A differentially pumped environmental cell has been developed for use in the AEI EM7 million volt microscope. In the initial version the column of gas traversed by the beam was 5.5mm. This permited inclusion of a tilting hot stage in the cell for investigating high temperature gas-specimen reactions. In order to examine specimens in the wet state it was found that a pressure of approximately 400 torr of water saturated helium was needed around the specimen to prevent dehydration. Inelastic scattering by the water resulted in a sharp loss of image quality. Therefore a modified cell with an ‘airgap’ of only 1.5mm has been constructed. The shorter electron path through the gas permits examination of specimens at the necessary pressure of moist helium; the specimen can still be tilted about the side entry rod axis by ±7°C to obtain stereopairs.

Image quality vs data obtainment in biological electron microscopy

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 42-43
Author(s):  
J. E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Fluorescent Screen ◽  
Embedding Medium

In the early years of biological electron microscopy, scientists had their hands full attempting to describe the cellular microcosm that was suddenly before them on the fluorescent screen. Mitochondria, Golgi, endoplasmic reticulum, and other myriad organelles were being examined, micrographed, and documented in the literature. A major problem of that early period was the development of methods to cut sections thin enough to study under the electron beam. A microtome designed in 1943 moved the specimen toward a rotary “Cyclone” knife revolving at 12,500 RPM, or 1000 times as fast as an ordinary microtome. It was claimed that no embedding medium was necessary or that soft embedding media could be used. Collecting the sections thus cut sounded a little precarious: “The 0.1 micron sections cut with the high speed knife fly out at a tangent and are dispersed in the air. They may be collected... on... screens held near the knife“.

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