Image Processing for X-ray Calibration Phantom

Abstract

Medical device calibration is the process of ensuring that there is accuracy before using. X-ray imaging device is one of the high-risk medical devices that must be calibrated. The calibration process required these values to be measured; center ray, focal object distance (FOD), resolution, and linearity of the imaging system. But the devices used to measure each of these are expensive. In this paper, a design of the x-ray calibration phantom that is affordable and yet effective is presented. An aluminum rectangular phantom consists of a center ray calibration unit, focal object distance (FOD) calibration unit and Linearity calibration unit. The x-ray image of all the phantom unit can be analyzed automatically by using the digital image processing.