Image Quality Management Using ALVIM Phantom

ALVIM Phantom을 이용한 화질관리

  • Im, Deuk-Chun (Department of Radiology, National Health Insurance Corporation Il-San Hospital) ;
  • Dong, Kyung-Rae (Department of Radiological Technology, Gwangju Health College University) ;
  • Park, Yong-Soon (Department of Radiological Technology, Gwangju Health College University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Bok (Department of Radiological Technology, Gwangju Health College University) ;
  • Ryu, Young-Hwan (Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul Medical Center)
  • 임득춘 (국민건강보험공단 일산병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 동경래 (광주보건대학 방사선과) ;
  • 박용순 (광주보건대학 방사선과) ;
  • 김창복 (광주보건대학 방사선과) ;
  • 류영환 (서울의료원 영상의학과)
  • Published : 2009.11.30

Abstract

Among various physical or subjective assessments of the quality of X-ray images, physical assessments can be quantitative but they are eventually judged by the view of observers thus subjective assessments including the aspect of observers are required. The changes in the ability to detect lesions caused by changes in the thickness of acrylic plates were tested with the ROC interpretation method that has taken into consideration, all the features of physical assessments as well as observers' ability to observe and mental stages and even surrounding environments using an Alvim phantom and the result indicated that as the thickness of acrylic plates increased, the amount of noises occurred increased compared to signals and thus the ability to detect signals as well as the sensitivity that is an ability to signals accurately and the ability to distinguish noises from signals thus it is considered that more efforts of radiologic technologists will be required to detect small lesions of fat patients with diagnostic X-ray generating apparatus.

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