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Mammography2 Test

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The screen-cleaning test should be carried out whenever
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In mammography, selecting extremely low kVp values
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For the repeat analysis to be meaningful, a patient volume of at least ___ patients is needed.
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The criteria to pass the ACR Mammography Accreditation on conventional phantom imaging require a minimum of ___ masses.
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The characteristic curve, obtained by plotting density values from a sensitometer, can be used to assess all of the following exvept:
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Adequate "air bleed time" refers to the
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An MQSA certificate is issued when a mammography facility has been accredited. This certification is valued for
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Mammography facilities can receive certification from
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Which of the following characteristics are unique to mammography cassettes?
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AEC failure, resulting in an underexposed radiograph, can be caused by
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One of the two reasons towels are used in the compression test is to
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In establishing processing quality control operating levels, the speed index is designated as the density
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Before processing the sensitometric strip each day, the mammographer should
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Proving that a darkroom fog failure is a result of safelight problems involves
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In the darkroom fog test, the optical density difference between fogged and unfogged areas of the film should not exceed
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For the daily quality control testing, the base-plus-fog level should remain within
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Daily processor control is used to
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If any of the visual checks fail, the first step is to
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Which of the following affects focal spot size?
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The primary goal of compression is to
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-the FDA -an SAC state
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0.05
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angle of the anode
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three
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increases contrast but increases patient dose
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to compare the x-ray beam quality with different films
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repeating the test with the safelights off
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+0.03 of the established levels
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generally have a single intensifying screen.
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3 years
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a mammographer notices dust artifacts on the image
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protect the cassette holder
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-determine the film speed -check the film contrast -check the stability of the processor
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correct or replace the item
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improper placement of the dense breast tissue/size over the detector
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allow uniform penetration of structures within the breast.
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elapsed time between film loading and exposure
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closest to but not less than 1.20
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250
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check the developer temperature
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In imaging the phantom, the technical factors used should be the same as those used clinically for a __-cm-thick breast of medium glandularity.
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If the patient volume at a mammography site is 200 patients per week, the repeat/reject analysis should be done every
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The phantom image background optical density should never be
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Which of the following quality control tests does not require a densitometer?
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Digital images can be viewed on a computer monitor or printed using
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Which of the following mammographic quality control tests is performed monthly?
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The darkroom fog test is performed
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As the size of the x-ray field decreases, to maintain a constant image density the exposure will
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In mammography, the commonly used focal spot size for routine work is
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films that involve exposure to the patient

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