Performing A Digital Tomosynthesis Examination - AGFA DR 600 User Manual

Performing a digital tomosynthesis examination

This workflow is available only on DR systems that support digital
tomosynthesis and that have a DR detector capable of dynamic imaging.
The result of a digital tomosynthesis examination is an acquisition sequence
and a reconstruction sequence.
The acquisition sequence is a sequence of static images that is acquired during
the tomographic movement of the X-ray tube around the center of the region
of interest. The images of the acquisition sequence are not of diagnostic
quality. The acquisition sequence is the input for calculating the
reconstruction sequence.
The reconstruction sequence is a set of slices, representing the 3D volume of
the examined bodypart within a specified region of interest.
To perform a digital tomosynthesis examination:
Topics:
• Step 1: prepare the examination
• Step 2: position the X-ray system and the patient
• Step 3: check the exposure settings
• Step 4: execute the digital tomosynthesis exposure sequence
• Step 5: perform a quality control
WARNING:
The presence of metal structures in the exposed area might
affect the image quality of the reconstruction sequence.
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