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8/27: Factors Controlling X-Ray Beam Intensity Flashcards

1
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  1. The total amount of energy contained in the x-ray beam
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Intensity

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  1. Intensity =
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a. Quantity x Quality

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  1. The number of photons in the beam
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a. Quantity

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  1. “Quantity” is primarily related to ____ and ____ and less so by tube voltage (kVp)
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a. Tube current
b. Exposure time

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  1. This is the average energy in the x-ray beam
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a. quality

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  1. Quantity is expressed as
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a. Current (mA) x Time (sec) → mAs

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  1. This is controlled primarily by the tube voltage (kVp)
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a. Quality

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  1. X-ray of the beam is
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a. Heterogenous

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  1. What are the 6 factors that control the x-ray beam intensity?
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a. Tube voltage
b. Exposure time
c. Tube current
d. Filtration
e. Collimation
f. Source-receptor distance

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  1. As the tube voltage increases, what happens to the number of photons generated?
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a. Increases (quantity)

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  1. As the tube voltage increases, what happens to the mean energy of photons?
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a. Increases (quality)

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  1. As the tube voltage increases, what happens to the maximum energy of photons?
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a. increases

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  1. As the tube voltage increases, what 3 things occur?
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a. Increase # of photons
b. Increase mean energy of photons
c. Increases maximum energy of photons

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  1. As exposure time increases, what happens to the number of photons generated?
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a. Increase (quantity)

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  1. As exposure time increases, what happens to the mean energy of photons?
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a. Quality unchanged

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  1. As exposure time increases, what happens to the maximum energy of photons?
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a. Quality unchanged

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  1. The tube current is represented as
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mA

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  1. As mA increases, what happens to the number of photons?
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a. Increases (increased quantity)

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  1. As mA increases, what happens to the mean energy of photons?
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a. Remains unchanged

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  1. As mA increases, what happens to the maximum energy of photons?
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a. Remain unchanged

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  1. This selectively removes long wavelength (low energy) x-rays
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a. Filtration

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  1. Kind of x-rays does filtration remove?
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a. Long wavelength (low energy)

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  1. Total filtration =
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a. Inherent filtration + added filtration

24
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  1. What factor that affects x-ray intensity decreases the quantity of photons?
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a. filtration

25
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  1. What are examples of inherent filtration?
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a. Glass envelope
b. Immersion oil
c. Metal housing
d. Tube window

26
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  1. What are examples of added filtration?
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a. Aluminum disk

27
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  1. As filtration increases, what happens to the number of photons?
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a. Decreases (decrease quantity)

28
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  1. As filtration increases, what happens to the mean energy of photons?
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a. Increases (increases quality)

29
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  1. As filtration increases, what happens to the maximum energy of photons?
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a. Remains unchanged

30
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  1. This restricts the size and shape of the beam
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a. Collimation

31
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  1. What 3 things happen with collimation?
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a. # of photons decreases
b. Mean energy of photons is unchanged
c. Maximum energy of photons is unchanged

32
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  1. The intensity of the beam varies to what law?
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a. Inverse square law

33
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  1. The intensity of the beam varies inversely to the square of the
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a. Source-to-receptor distance

34
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  1. If the distance is doubled (8-16), the new intensity will be
35
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  1. If the distance is tripled (4-12), the new intensity will be
36
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  1. If the distance is halved (16-8), the new intensity will be
37
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  1. As source-to-receptor increases, what 3 things happen?
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a. # of photons decreases (decreased quantity)
b. Mean energy of photons is unchanged
c. Maximum energy of photons is unchanged

38
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  1. This is altered by factors affecting Quantity of the beam
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a. Density

39
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  1. The amount of blackness of an energy is related to what?
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a. How many x-rays reach the receptor

40
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  1. This is altered by factors affecting the Quality of the beam
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a. Contrast

41
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  1. Density is primarily controlled by mA or kVp?
42
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  1. Decreasing mA does what to density?
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a. decreases

43
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  1. Increasing the quantity will increase what?
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a. Density of an image (making it darker)

44
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  1. if you increase density, what happens to the radiograph image?
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a. Becomes darker

45
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  1. If you decrease density, what happens to the radiograph image?
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a. Becomes lighter

46
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  1. Density controls what?
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a. blackness

47
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  1. What is the mA rule of density?
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a. mA and exposure time are inversely proportional

48
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  1. Are mA and exposure time directly or inversely proportional?
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a. Inversely

49
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  1. This is the difference in densities between light and dark regions of a radiograph
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a. Contrast

50
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  1. Lower contrast means what?
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a. More shades of gray

51
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  1. Higher contrasts means what?
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a. Less shades of gray

52
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  1. Contrast is primarily controlled by what?
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a. Voltage (kVp)

53
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  1. What affects contrast?
54
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  1. Does high contrast have low or high kVp?
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a. Low kVp

55
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  1. Does low contrast have low or high kVp?
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a. High kVp

55
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  1. High contrasts produce what?
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a. Short gray scale, low kV

56
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  1. Low contrast produces what?
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a. Long gray scale, high kV

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