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Fauber Ch 1-5
Chapter Review
Question | Answer |
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Determining the scale of contrast is one role of kVp. T or F | True |
Subject contrast will vary with physical condition. T or F | True |
Film/screen combination has no effect on contrast. Tor F | False |
All other factors remaining constant, an increase in kVp will have what effect on density? | increase |
The longer the OID, the _______ the loss of sharpness | greater |
The ________ the screen, the greater the sharpness. | slower |
What 3 things can be used to minimize size distortion | very small focal spot, increase SID, decrease OID |
What does filtration absorb | low energy photons |
What term defines the "range of acceptable SID's that can be used with a focus grid"? | grid focal range |
What effect does increasing filtration have on radiographic contrast | decreases contrast |
In what year were x-rays discovered? | |
In what year were some of the biologically damaging effects of x-rays discovered? | |
X-rays were discovered in experiments dealing with electricity and ___________. | |
X-rays were discovered when they caused a barium platinocyanide–coated plate to _________. | |
X-radiation is part of which spectrum? | |
X-rays have a dual nature, which means that they behave like both ________________. | |
The wavelength and frequency of x-rays are __________________ related. | |
X-rays have __________________ electrical charge. | |
X-rays have ____________. | |
The x-ray beam used in diagnostic radiography can be described as being ___________. | |
Which x-ray tube component serves as a source of electrons for x-ray production? | |
Electrons interact with the ______ to produce x-rays and heat. | |
The cloud of electrons that forms before x-ray production is referred to as ______. | |
The burning or boiling off of electrons at the cathode is referred to as ______. | |
Which primary exposure factor influences both the quantity and the quality of x-ray photons? | |
The unit used to express tube current is ______. | |
What percentage of the kinetic energy is converted to heat when moving electrons strike the anode target? | |
The intensity of the x-ray beam is greater on the ______. | |
According to the line focus principle, as the target angle decreases, the ________. | |
___________ extends x-ray tube life. | |
Which type of target interaction is responsible for most of the x-rays in the diagnostic beam? | |
Increasing the kVp results in ______. | |
Total filtration in the x-ray beam includes ______. | |
The process whereby a radiographic image is created by variations in absorption and transmission of the exiting x-ray beam is known as ______. | |
Which processes occur during the x-ray beam interaction with tissue? | |
The ability of an x-ray photon to remove an atom's electron is a characteristic known as ______. | |
The x-ray interaction responsible for absorption is ______. | |
The x-ray interaction responsible for scattering is ______. | |
Remnant radiation is composed of what 2 things? | |
What interaction creates unwanted exposure to the image, known as fog? | |
What 2 factors would affect beam attenuation? | |
The low-density or high brightness areas on a radiographic image are created by ________. | |
An anatomic part that transmits the incoming x-ray photon would create an area of ______________ on the radiographic image. | |
The process of creating a radiographic image by differential absorption varies for film-screen and digital imaging. | |
An attribute (or attributes) of a radiographic image that affects the visibility of sharpness is _________. | |
A radiographic film image with many densities but little differences among them is said to have ________. | |
What is defined as the range of exposure intensities an image receptor can accurately detect? | |
What 2 factors would improve digital image quality? | |
Which of the following is accurate regarding the relationship between milliamperage (mA) and exposure time to maintain the exposure to the image receptor? | |
A radiographic film image has excessive density. What is best to do in order to correct the exposure error? | |
What exposure factor affects both the quality and the quantity of the x-ray beam? | |
What is not affected by kilovoltage? | |
How is the quality of the image affected when more than needed radiation exposure reaches the digital image receptor? | |
What would maintain radiation exposure to the image receptor when the kilovoltage is decreased by 15%? | |
Without exposure technique compensation, increasing the OID by 4 inches for a knee film image would: | |
Which factor does not affect the radiation exposure to the image receptor? | |
What exposure factor change is recommended to maintain radiation exposure to the image receptor when increasing patient thickness by 5 cm? | |
Instilling a negative contrast agent in the gastrointestinal tract has what effect in the area of interest on the digital image? | |
The projected shape of the unrestricted primary beam is _______________. | |
A purpose of beam-restricting devices is to _______________ by changing the size and shape of the primary beam. | |
The most effective type of beam-restricting device is the _______________. | |
Of the beam-restricting devices (cone, aperture diaphragm, collimator, cylinder), which two are most similar to one another? | |
The purpose of automatic collimation is to ensure that _______________. | |
When making a significant increase in collimation, _______________. | |
What increases as collimation increases? | |
What is true of positive beam-limiting devices? | |
The purpose of a grid in radiography is to _______________. | |
Grid ratio is defined as the ratio of the _______________. | |
Compared with parallel grids, focused grids _______________. | |
Which grid would a convergent line be formed if imaginary lines from its grid lines were drawn in space above it? | |
Grid cutoff, regardless of the cause, is most recognizable on a film radiograph as reduced ______. | |
Off-focus grid cutoff occurs by using an SID that is not ___________. | |
The type of motion most used for moving grids today is ________. | |
A grid should be used whenever the anatomic part size exceeds _____. | |
The air gap technique uses an increased ________ instead of a grid. |