TY - THES 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. AU - Belobrajdich, Joseph V. DA - 2019 DO - 10.6083/000000506 DO - DOI ID - 7554 KW - Scoliosis KW - Radiography KW - standards KW - exposure index L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf 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. PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2019 T1 - Technique standardization to achieve consistent image quality for scoliosis patients TI - Technique standardization to achieve consistent image quality for scoliosis patients UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7554/files/belobrajdich.joseph.2019.pdf Y1 - 2019 ER -