P/N MAN-01964 Revision 001 xv
DRAFT
Preview copy—Generated 7/9/2010
User Manual
Preface
Terms and Definitions
9.0 Terms and Definitions
ACR American College of Radiology
AEC Automatic Exposure Control
Annotations Graphic or text marks on an image to indicate an area of interest.
Collimator Device at the x-ray tube to control the area of the receptor
that is exposed.
Combo Procedure An image acquisition procedure for which the system takes
a conventional mammography image and a tomosynthesis
scan during a single patient compression (Tomosynthesis
option).
Conventional Mammography Single projection x-ray images of views for screening and
diagnostic purposes.
Diagnostic Workstation Softcopy workstation for diagnoses from digital images.
DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Gantry A part of the Selenia Dimensions that has the Detector,
Generator and x-ray Source, Positioning/Compression,
Power Distribution, and Accessories Subsystems.
Grid Element within the Digital Image Receptor that reduces
scatter radiation during the exposure.
HIS Hospital Information System
HTC™ High Transmission Cellular Grid
Image Receptor Assembly of x-ray detector, x-ray scatter reduction grid,
and carbon fiber cover.
MQSA Mammography Quality Standards Act
Notice Annotations and comments per image communicated
between Diagnostic Review Workstations, Technologist
Workstations, and Acquisition Workstations.
PACS Picture Archiving and Communications System. A
computer and network system for the transfer and archive
of digital medical images.
Pend A mark on the image to indicate the Technologist is not
positive about the image quality. Pended images must be
Accepted or Rejected before the procedure is closed.
Projection Images The group of x-ray images for tomosynthesis taken at
different projection angles through the breast
(Tomosynthesis option).
RIS Radiology Information System
ROI Region of Interest
SID Source to Image Distance
Tomosynthesis An imaging procedure which combines a number of
projections taken at different angles. The tomosynthesis
images can be reconstructed to show planes or slices
within the object (Tomosynthesis option).
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
To Next Page
