Duplex wire IQI

EN 462-5 Measurement of Basic Spatial Resolution

ISO 19232-5
ASTM E 2002

• Determination of the basic

spatial resolution in each
production radiograph is not
required but recommended.
• SNRN controls sufficiently
the image quality at a given
pixel size.
• The detector unsharpness
udetector shall be controlled
by reference exposures with
the duplex wire IQI.
• The basic spatial resolution
is

SRb  12  utotal
utotal  3 udet
3
ector  u geometry
3

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Zscherpel et al. Film Replacement in Radiography 17

Revised Minimum Requirement for

CNRmin for IQI Hole Visibility

 ASTM DDA practice, E 2698-10, requires measurement of CNR in

production radiographs for visibility evaluation of plate hole IQIs.
 The revised CNRmin for just visible IQI holes (2-2T) is given by:

10  SRbimage
CNRmin 
diameterhole
 SRbimage is the value measured in the object plane if magnification is used!
 The constant value of CNRmin = 2.5 of ASTM E 2698-10 is correct for thin
objects (2T hole for testing of t < ½ inch or < 13 mm) and typical DDAs in
the range of SRb of about 100 to 150 µm, measured in the image,
 but CNRmin = 2.5 is wrong, if SRbimage  ¼ diameterhole is not fulfilled. The
standard should be revised for correctness.

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Zscherpel et al. Film Replacement in Radiography 18