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OBJECTIVE: The process of migration from analog to digital imaging system requires specific attention to preserve images quality and minimizing the dose to the patients. The present study was aimed at analyzing and comparing images quality and entrance and exist air kerma measurements in a non-anthropomorphic chest phantom with analog and CR digital imaging systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two different X-ray units (Siemens and Emic) with different wave rectification systems (12-pulse and high-frequency) were utilized in a single institution along the process of migration from analog to CR digital imaging system. Images were acquired on films and image plates. RESULTS: An increase on the X-ray tube peak voltage and/or load was observed in the migration from analog to CR digital system to preserve the diagnostic quality of the image. As a result, an increase in the air kerma rate was observed. CONCLUSION: The greatest differences (increase in dose and decrease in image quality) were observed with the 12-pulse wave rectification system with the CR image transducer (imaging plates). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What is the field of vision of the objective of a photographic camera? The answer to this question can be given from very simple principles of geometric optics; everything turns around the maximum image size, that is, the dimensions of the CCD or photographic film. As an added bonus, it is possible "to discover" the meaning of the "3 X" in these optical devices ("zoom") of more popular photographic digital cameras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]