Acronyms
A SEQUENCE OF COMPUTER OPERATIONS FOR ACCOMPLISHING A SPECIFIC TASK Algorithm
HAVING NO REAL OR APPARENT FORM Amorphous
DETECTOR ELEMENT; PART OF THE THIN FILM TRANSISTOR DEL
LOOK UP TABLE: IS A HISTOGRAM TO PROPERLY ESTABLISH GRAY SCALE VALUE LUT
DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY DQE
MECHANISM IN WHICH DATA IS REPRESENTED IN A PHYSICAL MEDIUM Analog
INFORMATION STORED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIUM Digital
PHOTOSTIMULABLE PHOSPHOR PLATE: PLATE THAT STORES X-RAY ENGERY PSP
ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER A to D Converter
CHARGED –COUPLED DEVICE CCD
CONVERTS X-RAYS TO LIGHT (CESIUM IODIDE) Scintillator
TURNS LIGHT TO AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL Photodiode
A DEVICE THAT ABSORBS X-RAYS AND CREATES ELECTRIC CHARGES Photoconductor
EXPRESSION OF HOW CLEARLY A VERY FAINT OBJECT APPEARS IN AN IMAGE Signal to noise ratio
AS LOW AS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE ALARA
THIN FILM TRANSISTOR: TFT
PICTURE ELEMENT Pixel
VOLUME ELEMENT Voxel
COMBINATION OF ROWS AND COLUMNS OF PIXELS THAT MAKE UP DIGITAL IMAGE Matrix
SCANNED PROJECTION RADIOGRAPHY SPR