Computed Radiography Systems

Computed Radiography (CR) is a two step radiological imaging process. First, a storage phosphor imaging plate is exposed to penetrating radiation. Then the luminescence from the plate’s photo-stimulable luminescent phosphor is read, digitized, and viewed on a computer monitor. In a CR system, you use phosphor plates as you would film, but process them in the plate reader. These highly efficient plates can be erased and reused thousands of times, and require less exposure than film.

CR systems give you high resolution images that allow you to analyze minute details. With a dynamic range ten times that of film, one digital image can show the detail of five different film exposures. Powerful but simple image visualization software can be used to selectively enhance an area of interest. Lighten it, darken it, or adjust its contrast to pull out detail that you would never see in a single film image.

Shaw Inspection Systems supply a range of Kodak Industrex Computed Radiography Systems and Imaging Plates.