Digital
X-Ray Image Detector System Console and Flat Panel X-ray Cassette
design.
Benefits
of digital technology to all x-ray systems include:
- Lower dosage x-rays
can often be used to achieve the same high quality picture as
with film
- Digital x-ray images
can be enhanced and manipulated with computers and sent via a
network to other workstations and computer monitors so that many
people can share the information and assist in the diagnosis.
- Digital images can be
archived onto compact optical disks or digital tape drives saving
tremendously on storage space and manpower needed for a traditional
x-ray film library
- Digital images may be
retrieved from an electronic archive for future reference
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