Military Field System for Visualization of Intra-Oral Fluoroscopic Images at Low Level X-Ray Exposures.

Abstract

An intra-oral fluoroscope with peripheral equipment is being designed, prototyped and evaluated. The device utilizes a small number of short x-ray pulses, which form an image inside the mouth on a phosphor covering the end of a rigid coherent fiber optic bundle. The fiber optic bundle is curved and carries the low light level image out of the mouth to a small electronic image intensifier, which amplifies the image to a point above visual threshold. A closed circuit television system further amplifies the image and presents it on a monitor. A video disc recorder is used to freeze the image and lengthen it in time sufficiently for analysis without further x-ray exposure. Keywords: U/A Reports, Medical equipment, Military field systems, Visualization, Intra-oral fluoroscopic images, Low level x-ray exposure, Bone fracture detection. (jg)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1970
Accession Number
ADA955930

Entities

People

  • B. S. Savara
  • J. W. Irwin
  • W. L. Parker

Organizations

  • University of Oregon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bone Fractures
  • Closed Circuit Television
  • Coverings
  • Detection
  • Low Light Levels
  • Phosphors
  • Recording Systems
  • Television Systems
  • Visualizations
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems