2010-04-20

Analyze the Image From the Digital Detector

The Nova software has been improved with also the possibility to analyze the image from the digital detector. Make sure that you are using the latest version! The software is available on our website.
If you want to use Nova in mammography with the existing rulers, although they are too long, remove two of them and put them next to each other. The absolute value of the field size will be wrong because of the scale but the deviation between light and x-ray field can be checked.

See some other applications below:

Measuring and calibrating built-in DAP meters

Put a dose meter and the ruler set on same level. Calculate the irradiated area by using the captured highlighted x-ray image and multiply it with dose and you have exact DAP value to compare with the DAP meter display. Very easy!

Field size measurement on panoramic dental systems 

On the panoramic systems the radiation field is less than 5 mm and this is very hard to measure using conventional methods.  Just tape one of the Nova rulers on to the image detector and capture the radiation field with the camera.

CT and Cone beam units

Nova is a great tool for understanding how the radiation output really looks like. If a Nova ruler is placed on the table, you can verify the beam width and see the irradiated area during a complete spiral scan!