COMP Imaging Lecture Series - Lecture 3: Fundamentals of DR with Dr. Bassem Elshahat – November 29th, 1-2pm EST
Digital radiography (DR) is considered a form of x-ray imaging. This method uses an X-ray detector which captures the radiographic images immediately following an x-ray exposure and digitally stored them. Those detectors can be fixed in the x-ray table or wall Bucky. Recently Wireless detectors were introduced to give more flexibility during patient positioning. The fundamentals of DR can be illustrated by:
- The basic characteristics of different types of thin-film radiation detectors currently used
- Image formation and digitizing the image
- Recent research of New thin film detectors; Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and a new self-powered detector that operates based on high-energy secondary electrons (HEC)
- Computed Radiography vs Digital Radiography
- DR Exposure Indicators
- Digital Radiography with wireless system; pros and cons
- DR advantages and disadvantages
- Challenges with DR image processing
Speakers / Panelists
Dr. Bassem Elshahat
Imaging Medical Physicist at Beaumont Health and Assista professor in Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular imaging at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Dr. Bassem Elshahat
Dr. Bassem Elshahat
Imaging Medical Physicist at Beaumont Health and Assista professor in Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular imaging at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Dr. Bassem Elshahat is an imaging medical Physicist at Beaumont Health and Assistant professor in Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular imaging at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Michigan, USA. He is certified in diagnostic medical physics by the American Board of Radiology, in nuclear medical physics by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) and Mammography Physics by The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM). He holds a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS). He is currently a member of COMP imaging committee, a member of COMP education committee and a member of Canada Safe imaging. His current research is characterizing the Radiation detection properties of thin film photovoltaic cells and their application to medical X-ray imaging and dosimetry.