Parameters

Effects

Patient Dose

High frequency generator

Improve the accuracy and reproducibility of exposures

Reduce patient dose

Mobile X Ray

Long exposure time

Increase patient dose

Protective shield

Protection of gonads

Reduce patient dose

Additional filtration

Absorption of soft radiation

Reduce patient dose

Automatic exposure control (AEC)

Manual selection of exposure factors

Reduce patient dose

X-ray rooms

Improve patient cooptation

Avoid repetition

Fast screen-film combinations

Short exposure time

Motion reduction

Digital radiography

Short exposure time

Avoid motion

Radiation field collimation

Reduction of scatter radiation

Improve image quality

Reject analysis

Image quality improvement

Reduce the repetition rate

Patient immobilization

Image quality improvement

Reduce the repetition rate

Pulsed mode fluoroscopy

Mobile/suspended screen

ALARA principles (As Low As Reasonably Achievable)