What type of receptor captures images in digital radiography?

In digital radiography, the type of receptor that captures images is the digital image receptor. This technology utilizes advanced sensors to convert X-ray images into digital format, enabling quick and efficient image processing and analysis. Digital image receptors can either be flat panel detectors or charge-coupled devices, which both provide high-quality images with a wide dynamic range and superior sensitivity compared to traditional methods.

Film, computed radiography plates, and conventional X-ray plates are not aligned with the modern digital approach. Film relies on chemical processing and is not considered 'digital,' whereas computed radiography plates, while they do capture digital images, work through an intermediate step of being read by a specialized device before creating a digital image. Conventional X-ray plates, on the other hand, are used in analog film radiography and also do not fit within the digital framework. Thus, the digital image receptor stands out as the correct choice, given its fundamental role in capturing and producing images in a fully digital format.