Aims Two imaging systems have been tested, including an advanced X-ray imaging system that utilizes geometric magnification and a mobile phone imaging system. The aim of this experiment is to use resolution phantoms to determine system parameters including resolution, effective pixel sizes, magnification and other geometric parameters. Results X-ray Imaging Image set Mag. Spot size (hxw;um) Effective Px Size (um) Actual Mag. Source/Sample Distance (m) Vertical resolution Horizontal resolution 1 High 20 x 20 16.4 11.8 0.25 25 25 2 High 40 x 20 50 25 3 Low 20 x 20 25.5 7.61 0.39 25 25 4 Low 40 x 20 50 50 Mobile phone imaging Phone/Camera model: IPhone 5s Native pixel size: 1.5 um Image Sample/Camera Distance (cm) Magnification Effective Px Size (um) Resolution 1 30 0.013 112.9 0.8 2 7 0.05 30 0.312 3 14 0.03 50 0.156 Images: Figure 1-Focused photo from distance of 30cm Figure 2-Autofocus image from distance of 7cm above Figure 3-Photo with water drop distance from 14cm above Discussion X-ray imaging True resolution or we can say as optical resolution, in theory, the resolution will be dependent on the diffraction limit of the imaging system and this diffraction limit is dependent on the numerical aperture, the other way to describe it is the smallest object that we can see from the image. Sensor resolution, in theory, the effective pixel size sets a lower limit on the smallest structure that can be resolved and the smallest resolvable feature scale
Pixel count - A pixel is a physical point in an image represented on the screen. The intensity of each pixel is variable. The more pixels, the better the quality. Resolution
Because of this, mammography x-ray tubes must be calibrated differently than normal x-ray tubes due to the small differences of linear attenuation coefficients between normal tissue and tumour, shown in Figure 1. Therefore, in order to maximize the diagnosis of abnormalities within the breast, it is essential that the contrast between tissue and tumour within the breast is as high as possible when produced on the x-ray film. One of the ways that this is done is through manipulation of the energy of the x-ray beam. In Figure 1, it can be seen that attenuation differences between fibroglandular and cancerous tissue are highest at very low energies: approximately 10keV to 15keV (Bushberg et al., 2002). Adversely, attenuation differences drop off rapidly at higher Figure 5: Contrast percentage between normal and cancerous tissues within the breast versus energy of the x-ray beam (Bushberg et al., 2002). Figure 5: Contrast percentage between normal and cancerous tissues within the breast versus energy of the x-ray beam (Bushberg et al., 2002). energies: approximately 35keV or greater (Bushberg et al., 2002). Thus, at lower energies, a higher contrast is displayed. Appropriate subject contrast
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X-rays — or radiography, as it is known in medicine — allow for looking inside a body and identifying everything from broken bones to swallowed objects. The tool is vital to the ability to diagnose and treat injuries.
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