THEORY GUIDE Equipment Description
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Section 1: Equipment Description
Features and Functions
The Kodak DirectView CR 825/850 SYSTEM is a LASER SCANNER that reads a latent
image made on a STORAGE PHOSPHOR SCREEN during an X-ray exam and provides a
digital image. Physicians and radiologists can then view, improve, store and make a print of
the image, and send the image across a computer network.
Size 63.5 x 73.6 cm (25 x 29 in.)
TOUCH SCREEN
MONITOR
• allows the operator to touch areas displayed on the screen to:
– enter exam and patient information
– view and improve images
• allows the FE to do service diagnostics
BAR CODE
READERS
• EXTERNAL BAR CODE READER:
– hand-held READER
– used to scan the BAR CODE LABEL on CASSETTES and
other BAR CODES used for entering data
• INTERNAL BAR CODE READER:
– automatically scans the BAR CODE LABEL on CASSETTES
when they are loaded
– provides information about the size, speed, and serial number
of the CASSETTE
INTERNAL PC • includes software for image processing and for providing
communication with external devices and the computer network
• access is through the front of the CR 825/850 SYSTEM