Abstract
Interventionists performing catheter-based procedures on the cardiovascular system should be familiar with the basic operations and functions of the employed X-ray imaging equipment. Although palpable differences in X-ray technology between manufacturers exist, the principles and modes of operation are identical across the board. In this chapter, the basic physical and technical principles of X-ray machines dedicated to cardiovascular interventional imaging are reviewed.
Keywords
- C-arm Cone-beam CT (CBCT)
- Zoom Field
- Image Intensifier Television (IITV)
- Detector Entrance Dose
- Indirect Converter
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► Section 11.12 of this chapter, titled «Technique Considerations,» was written by Peter Lanzer, MD, Health Care Center, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany.
The author gratefully acknowledges many helpful discussions during the preparation of this chapter with his colleagues Amber Gislason and Andrew Davies (at the University of Leeds) and Professor Mohan Sivananthan (of the Yorkshire Heart Centre, LGI Leeds).
Amber Gislason kindly provided the X-ray spectra shown in ◘ Figs. 11.1 and 11.13. Mr. Davies and Professor Sivananthan kindly provided the images used in ◘ Figs. 11.20 and 11.21. The images used in ◘ Figs. 11.11, 11.15, 11.16, 11.18, 11.22, 11.23, and 11.24 are reproduced courtesy of Dr. Eric A. von Reth, senior director of Clinical Sciences at Philips Healthcare (Best, the Netherlands).
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Cowen, A.R. (2018). Cardiovascular X-ray Imaging: Physics, Equipment, and Techniques. In: Lanzer, P. (eds) Textbook of Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55994-0_11
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