DR with a DSLR: digital radiography with a digital single-lens reflex camera

Helen Fan; Heather L. Durko; Stephen K. Moore; Jared Moore; Brian Miller; Lars R. Furenlid; Sunil Pradhan; Harrison H. Barrett

doi:10.1117/12.844056

23 March 2010 DR with a DSLR: digital radiography with a digital single-lens reflex camera

Helen Fan, Heather L. Durko, Stephen K. Moore, Jared Moore, Brian Miller, Lars R. Furenlid, Sunil Pradhan, Harrison H. Barrett

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Proceedings Volume 7622, Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging; 76225E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844056
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

An inexpensive, portable digital radiography (DR) detector system for use in remote regions has been built and evaluated. The system utilizes a large-format digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera to capture the image from a standard fluorescent screen. The large sensor area allows relatively small demagnification factors and hence minimizes the light loss. The system has been used for initial phantom tests in urban hospitals and Himalayan clinics in Nepal, and it has been evaluated in the laboratory at the University of Arizona by additional phantom studies. Typical phantom images are presented in this paper, and a simplified discussion of the detective quantum efficiency of the detector is given.

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Helen Fan, Heather L. Durko, Stephen K. Moore, Jared Moore, Brian Miller, Lars R. Furenlid, Sunil Pradhan, and Harrison H. Barrett "DR with a DSLR: digital radiography with a digital single-lens reflex camera", Proc. SPIE 7622, Medical Imaging 2010: Physics of Medical Imaging, 76225E (23 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844056

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