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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2022.16.4.435

Comparison of Heel Effect with Distance and Direction Change  

Kim, Hyung-Woo (Department of Radiology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Seok, Ji-Eun (Department of Radiology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Kang, Min-Yeong (Department of Radiology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Jo, Chan-Haeng (Department of Radiology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Jeon, Min-Cheol (Department of Radiology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.16, no.4, 2022 , pp. 435-442 More about this Journal
Abstract
The heel effect creates a density difference in the X-ray images because the intensity of the anode and cathode side of the X-ray tube is not equal. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the density difference due to the heel effect by rotating the step wedge by 180 degrees and then changing the distance. After fixing the tube voltage and tube current to 72 kVp and 10 mAs, the forward and reverse directions were taken using a step wedge. At this time, the distance (80 cm ~ 130 cm) was taken at 10 cm intervals, and the density value was measured by setting the region of interest for each step of the step wedge through the M6 program. First, the difference in intensity between the anode and the cathode was confirmed through the radiation exposure test. In addition, when the distance (from 80 cm to 130 cm) was changed, the difference in density between the cathode and the anode decreased as the projection distance increased. As a result, images of uniform density can be obtained as the projection distance increases.
Keywords
Heel effect; Distance; Direction; Density; Step wedges;
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