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What is penumbra?

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Question added by domingo rosette atienza , radiographer/x-ray,ct-scan tech. , doctor soliman fakeeh hospital
Date Posted: 2015/07/20
Vijay Jagannath Sadamate Sadamate
by Vijay Jagannath Sadamate Sadamate , Technician , Shalby Hospitals

To determine Sharpness in Radiography concerned with Xray tube focal point

Mary joy Macunat
by Mary joy Macunat , Radiographer , Bernardino General Hospital

Is one of the distinct parts of a shadow together with umbra and antumbra, created by any light source after impinging on an opaque object

 

Joel Arcilla
by Joel Arcilla , Health Care Assistant (Radiographer) , KKT ORTHOPEDIC SPINE CENTER

A fringe region if half shadow resulting from the partial obstruction of light by an opaque object.

- the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot.

Mark Anthony Samonte
by Mark Anthony Samonte , Safety Officer , Capitol Medical Center

the Blurred Margin of an Image

Ahammad Ali Sorkar Ahammad
by Ahammad Ali Sorkar Ahammad , Dhaka City, Medical Technologist CT-Scan and Radiology and Imaging Department , Name of Hospital

The umbra, penumbra and antumbra are three distinct parts of a shadow, created by any light source after impinging on an opaque object. For a point source only the umbra is cast.

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

 the part of a shadow in which there is a small amount of illumination from a light source.

 blurring at the edges of a structure on a radiograph.

Rawad Altaj
by Rawad Altaj , Mri Technician , مستشفى النجاح الوطني الجامعي

blurring on the edges or borders

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