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When filtration is increased, what must happen to the technical factors to maintain the same density   They must be increased  
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The half-value layer is typically expressed in    
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What is the most common filter material used   tungsten  
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Patient’s absorb x-ray photons   primary  
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Problems of unequal subject density can be solved by using   filters  
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The thickest portion of the wedge filter is placed over   cathode  
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Define total filtration   Inherent plus added  
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Collimation devices are considered part of the filtration   added  
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Most of the inherent filtration of a typical x-ray equipment comes from the   tube  
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How does filtration affect patient dose   decreases  
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By inserting absorbing materials into the primary beam (filtration),undesirable is eliminated   Low energy  
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Can filtration remove a portion of the useful beam   yes  
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Filtration outside of the tube and housing is considered to be   added  
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Filtration is typically added between the and   tube and pt  
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Describe inherent filtration   Anything in the tube, makes up 1.5  
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What is a compound filter   2 or more materials added together. Highest atomic # closest to the tube and the lowest closest to the pt  
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Even when filtration is increased, the percentage of attenuated photons    
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as photon energy ___   Decreased  
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Half-value layer affects patient   dose  
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Define a half-value layer   Amount of filtration needed to reduce the beam ½ original value  
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Inherent filtration of a mammographic unit is than that of a regular diagnostic unit   Less  
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As the tube ages, the anode begins to pit and the glass envelope may gain a mild coating of vaporized metal. This causes a in inherent filtration   increased  
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What does filtration permit the radiographer to do to the photon emission spectrum   Remove low energy electrons and harden the beam  
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If the half-value layer of diagnostic radiographic equipment is too low, it may be corrected by   decrease filtration  
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When x-raying a thoracic spine, what compensating filter is most commonly used   wedge  
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filtration occurs as the primary beam passes through the glass window of the x-ray tube   Inherent  
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Al/Eq filter thickness would result in the lowest entrance skin dose to a patient   3.0  
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How many half-value layers must be added to the primary beam to reduce its intensity to less than 20% of its original value   3  
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What is the predominant interaction through most of the diagnostic x-ray range in the human body   compton  
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interactions with matter results in a radiograph with a long scale of contrast   compton  
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What is an annihilation reaction   Negatron is absorbed by another atom. Positron is crazy and comes to rest with another – electron. When they combine they make 2 new protons in diff directions  
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What is radiation fog   Any unwanted density form compton  
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At what energy level do electrons posses the highest total energy   K-shell  
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Scatter is when    
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During photoelectric absorption, the ejected electron is called   photoelectron  
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What is attenuation   Loss of energy as beam passes through matter  
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Compton scattering occurs when an incident x-ray photon interacts with a    
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electron   Outer shell  
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Secondary radiation energies are highest when using during fluoroscopic examinations   No skirt  
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What is a photoelectron   Ejected inner shell electron  
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A scattered photon possesses as the incident photon during coherent scattering    
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The photon that exits the atom after a Compton scattering is called   Recoil electron  
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During the process of attenuation, the x-ray photon may interact with    
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What happens if a photon interacts with matter and scatters    
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What shell electron is ejected during photoelectric absorption   k  
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Some x-ray photons may pass through matter and not with that matter   interact  
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What happens to the x-ray photons in the beam during the process of attenuation   Some are absorbed and the others are scattered  
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Elements with Z numbers have inner shell electrons more tightly bound to the nucleus   high  
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What is Photoelectric Absorption   X-ray photon interaction with an inner shell electron  
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What happens as the angle of deflection is increased from 0 to 180 degrees    
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As the angle increases the speed of the deflected e increases    
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has a significant impact on the x-ray image   scatter  
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Photoelectric interaction with matter results in a radiograph with scale    
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of contrast   High scale (extremities)  
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During the photoelectric interaction, as an electron transfers from an outer shell to a vacant inner shell, energy is released in the form of   photoelectron  
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What is the electron dislodged during Compton scattering called   recoil  
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An interaction which occurs between very low energy x-ray photons and matter is called   coherent  
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During Compton scattering, the incident photon energy is divided between the   ejected and the scattered  
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As the electrons shells move further from the nucleus, total electro energies    
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and binding energies   increase, decrease  
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During Compton scattering, the incident photon energy is divided between what   Ejected electron and the scatter photon  
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What happens during pair production   Energy from the x-ray photon is converted to matter in the form of 2 electrons  
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What is photon absorption    
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Energy released during the filling of the inner shell during photoelectric interaction is known as    
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During photoelectric interaction, the incident x-ray photon must be than the binding energy of the inner-shell electron   greater  
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What happens during coherent scattering   Photons get excited and released energy into another photon with the same wavelength and frequency.  
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What is backscatter   Photon goes back in the direction it came from  
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What is the negatively charged electron termed during pair production   negatron  
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What happens as kVp increases, the total number of photons transmitted without interaction does what   increase  
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A photoelectric interaction is more likely to occur when the x-ray photon energy is slightly than the binding energy of the electrons   greater  
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A photoelectric interaction is more likely to occur with an electron which is bound in its orbit   loosely  
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As kVp , the percentage of Compton interactions   increase, increase  
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Photodisintegration is relevant in diagnostic imaging ranges.   NA  
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