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X-Ray Tube External Components   support system  
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parts of support system   Ceiling Support, Floor to ceiling support, C-Arm support  
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Positive side of the x-ray tube   Anode  
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needed for general purpose tubes to produce a high intensity beam for a short time   Rotating anodes  
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used in dental systems and in some portable units   Stationary  
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Two types of anodes   stationary and rotating  
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Three purposes for the anode   1. Electrical Conductor 2. Provides mechanical support for the target 3. Acts as a good thermal regulator  
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receives electrons from the cathode and conducts them back through the cables to the high voltage generator   Electrical Conductor  
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The half value layer for soft tissue   5 cm  
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x-rays emerging from the tube that will be incident on the patient   Useful beam  
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X-rays that do not reach the film gave   opaque area  
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X-rays that are transmitted produce useful information   produce blackness on the film  
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Only two interactions are important to radiology   Compton effect and the photoelectric effect  
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produces no useful information   compton scattering  
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X-ray photons undergo an ionizing interaction with inner shell electrons   Photoelectric effect  
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general graying of the film   Fog  
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greatest amount of x-rays emitted with energy approximately 1/3 the maximum of the highest energy photons   Bremsstrahlung radiation  
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chart is used to determine the amount of time it takes for the x-ray tube to cool   Anode cooling  
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chart is used to determine the maximum time and kVp that can be used for a given mA station   Radiographic rating  
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Heat is released by   radiation, conduction, and convection  
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300 mA or less   focal spot is small  
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400 mA or more   focal spot is large  
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acts as an insulator to prevent shock and to help cool the x-ray tube   oil  
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protects us from electric shock   Protective housing  
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X-Rays that escape the protective housing   leakage radiation  
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made the 1st hot cathode x-ray tube   Wiliam D. Coolidge  
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this tube was a vacuum tube in which the intensity and energy could be selected separately and accurately   hot cathode tube  
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introduced a transformer that improved the use of the Crooks tube   H.C. Snook  
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1st US death due to x-ray radiation   1904  
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1st US fatality due to x-ray radiation   Clarence Dally  
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Fluroscope was developed by   Edison  
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was the 1st to use a diaphragm and an aluminum filter   William Rollins  
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Filtration   Usually aluminum  
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Uses lead shutters that move equa-distance in the vertical and horizontal direction   Collimation  
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converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)   A rectifier  
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has 100% voltage ripple because voltage varies from zero to maximum used   Single phase  
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has between 4-14% voltage ripple   Three phase  
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has 1% voltage ripple   High frequency  
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Full wave rectified power is at   60 Hz (cycles per second)  
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Inverts the voltage of the negative half of the cycle   Full wave rectification  
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Reverts the negative to make it positive without any pauses   full wave rectification  
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secondary voltage is higher than the primary voltage   step up transformer  
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Converts low voltage from the electric company to high voltage needed for x-ray production   High Voltage generator  
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Filament operates at currents between   3 and 6A  
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Filament temperature is controlled by   the filament current (measures in Amperes)  
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# of electrons crossing the tube from cathode to anode   Tube current  
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Supplies a precise voltage to the filament circuit and the high voltage circuit   Autotransformer  
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# of x-rays or intensity of the beam expressed in mR or mAs   Quantity  
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penetrability of the beam expressed in kVp or half value layer   Quality  
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take a certain amount of aluminum and ask how much aluminum do I need to cut the beam intensity in half   Half value layer  
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Radio waves are discussed using frequency   Hertz  
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X-rays are discussed using energy   electron volts  
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Visible light is discussed using wavelength   meters  
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Equivalent to a He nucleus   Alpha particles  
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