Chapter 1 Flashcards
A photographic image produced on film by the passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures.
Radiograph, dental
A beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film.
X-Ray
A form of energy carried by waves or a stream of particles.
Radiation
Any person who positions, exposes, and processes x-ray image receptors.
Radiographer, dental
The production of radiographs by the exposure of image receptors to x-rays.
Radiography
A high energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an X-ray tube.
X-radiation
The science or study of radiation as used in medicine
Radiology
The production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of image Receptors to the x-rays
Radiography, dental
A two dimensional representation of a three dimensional object
Radiograph
Who Developed first x-ray tube
Coolidge
Who introduced long cone paralleling technique
Fitzgerald
Who exposed first dental radiograph in the United States on a living patient
Kells
Who used paralleling technique in practical Dental radiography
McCormack
Who exposed first dental radiograph in the United States on a skull
Morton
Who introduced bisecting technique
Price
