TY  - THES
N2  - The aim of this project is to develop consistent exposure technique guidelines for imaging scoliosis patients with radiography. Scoliosis is the condition where a spine exhibits lateral curvatures deviating from the midsagittal plane. The vast majority of scoliosis cases have unknown etiology with typical treatment methods involving monitoring of the patient's condition for any exacerbating effects. Monitoring of the patient's condition is done using radiographic images. Commonly used imaging methods equipped with automatic exposure control are not available to this patient population owing to the large field of anatomy required for imaging. This project standardizes technique methods for the technologist to ensure consistent noise content in images. Exposure Index (EI) values serve as a guiding metric for both techniques and image quality as EI is linearly proportional to the incident detector air kerma and is proportional to the square of the signal to noise ratio.
DO  - 10.6083/000000506
DO  - DOI
AB  - The aim of this project is to develop consistent exposure technique guidelines for imaging scoliosis patients with radiography. Scoliosis is the condition where a spine exhibits lateral curvatures deviating from the midsagittal plane. The vast majority of scoliosis cases have unknown etiology with typical treatment methods involving monitoring of the patient's condition for any exacerbating effects. Monitoring of the patient's condition is done using radiographic images. Commonly used imaging methods equipped with automatic exposure control are not available to this patient population owing to the large field of anatomy required for imaging. This project standardizes technique methods for the technologist to ensure consistent noise content in images. Exposure Index (EI) values serve as a guiding metric for both techniques and image quality as EI is linearly proportional to the incident detector air kerma and is proportional to the square of the signal to noise ratio.
T1  - Technique standardization to achieve consistent image quality for scoliosis patients
DA  - 2019
AU  - Belobrajdich, Joseph V.
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2019
ID  - 7554
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf
KW  - Scoliosis
KW  - Radiography
KW  - standards
KW  - exposure index
TI  - Technique standardization to achieve consistent image quality for scoliosis patients
Y1  - 2019
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf
ER  -