Environment influence on PSPL-based digital dental radiology systems

Eduardo Tavares Costa; Jorge Andre G. Albuquerque; Francisco H. Neto; Gisela A. Paganinni; Frab N. Boscolo; Ana Emilia F. de Oliveira

doi:10.1117/12.430956

28 June 2001 Environment influence on PSPL-based digital dental radiology systems

Eduardo Tavares Costa, Jorge Andre G. Albuquerque, Francisco H. Neto, Gisela A. Paganinni, Frab N. Boscolo, Ana Emilia F. de Oliveira

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Proceedings Volume 4320, Medical Imaging 2001: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430956
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Photo-stimulable phosphor luminescence technology (PSPL) has been used in Digora (Soredex, Finland) and Denoptix (CEDH Gendex, Italy) digital dental radiology imaging systems. PSPL plates store X-ray energy during exposition, being later processed by a laser reader and digitizer. Afterward they are erased and re-used. The large band of energy absorption provides PSPL systems with an extensive dynamic scale but at the same time a high sensibility to the incoming noise of environmental radiations. We have measured environment influences (electromagnetic radiation) for Digora and Denoptix plates after X-ray exposure and before digital processing. We have first compared the processing of PSPL plates 'in dark' against 'in light' environments. In another experiment, the exposed plates were also processed after being positioned 10 cm away from a 17 inches video monitor screen and to its laterals for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 minutes (plates protected against light). The acquired images were used to calculate the noise power spectra (NPS) in each case. We have noticed that there was an increase in the noise spectra energy of 'in light' processing compared to 'in dark' processing. There was also an increment in the NPS energy when the images were processed after the exposition of the plates to the radiation emanated from video monitor.

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Eduardo Tavares Costa, Jorge Andre G. Albuquerque, Francisco H. Neto, Gisela A. Paganinni, Frab N. Boscolo, and Ana Emilia F. de Oliveira "Environment influence on PSPL-based digital dental radiology systems", Proc. SPIE 4320, Medical Imaging 2001: Physics of Medical Imaging, (28 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430956

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