This device is an image digitization system designed to acquire and digitize x-ray images from image storage phosphor plates. … A CR system consists of an image reader/digitizer, cassettes containing imaging receptors (photostimulable-phosphor plates), a computer console or workstation, software, monitors, and a printer.

How does a CR reader work?

You begin by taking an x-ray onto a cassette, much the same as you would normally. That cassette is then inserted into a machine often referred to as a CR reader. The reader scans the plate inside of the cassette digitally and displays the resulting digital image on a screen for viewing and manipulation.

What is CR System Radiology?

Computed Radiography — or CR for short — is the use of a Phosphor Imaging Plate to create a digital image. CR uses a cassette based system like analog film and is more commonly considered to be a bridge between classical radiography and the increasingly popular fully digital methods.