Abstract

TAVANO, Orivaldo; OLIVEIRA, Milton José de  and  SILVA, Pedro Gregol da. Quality of image control in Radiology Clinic using the software. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.61, n.3, pp. 319-325. ISSN 1981-8637.

Objective To verify the possibility of using the digital imaging as a control of the conditions of automatic radiographic processing. Methods Radiographic films were standardly exposed and processed, at 4 different temperatures at the beginning of the daily working of a Radiology Clinics, which were digitized and analyzed by Digora for Windows 1.5.1 software, regarding to the radiographic densities, that is, the grey level. Results Based on the results it was possible to conclude that there was a ranging in the grey level, because of either the processing degree of the image on the four areas evaluated of each film or at the four temperatures studied which were statistically significant. The characteristic tracings also displayed these differences and the deterioration degree of the image quality due to the consuming of the processing solution. Conclusion The results indicate that the evaluation of the digital image by Digora for Windows 1.5.1 software is efficient and allows the quality control of the radiographic processing properly, showing that the variation of the grey levels indicate the consuming of action of the processing solutions.

Keywords : Quality control; Software; X-ray films.