This is part of a two-part series that covers some issues that are important to acquiring good quality diagnostic x-rays.
Compensating Filters and Grids
- Compensating Filters
- Why filters are needed
- Why digital image acquisition doesn’t solve everything
- What is attenuation
- Overview of different types of filters
- Concept of how to use a compensating filter
- Which x-rays benefit from the use of a compensating filter
- Three advantages of using compensating filters
- Grids
- Explanation of what and where a grid is
- Vital function of the grid
- How the bucky got its name
- Understanding lines-per-inch, depth ratio, and focal range of a grid
- How the size of the patient’s body part affects scatter
- Why some x-rays can be taken without a grid
- How a grid can present a safety issue