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The reduction in the total number of X-ray photons remaining in the beam after passing through a given thickness of material

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Attenuation

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The result of either photoelectric absorption or Compton scattering is called

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Attenuation

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How is the amount of attenuation determined?

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By the amount and type of irradiated material

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If the body part being X-rayed is thicker, the ______ the attenuation will be.

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Greater

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Lead and Barium have _____ atomic numbers

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High

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Hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen have ______ atomic numbers

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Low

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Higher atomic number materials attenuate a _______ percentage of the beam than lower atomic number materials.

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Greater

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What are the basic substances comprising the human body?

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Air
Fat
Water
Muscle
Bone

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Which body substance absorbs the least amount of photons?

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Air

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Because air absorbs the least amount of photons, the IR exposure is

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Greater

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Where can air be found in the body?

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Lungs
Sinuses
In small amounts in the GI tract

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Which two body substances are very similar?

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Fat and Muscle

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Fat and Muscle are both considered a _________ in the body

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Soft tissue structure

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14
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The atomic number or tissue density of fat makes it very similar to ______

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Water

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Since muscle has a greater density than fat, then muscle is a ______ attenuator of the beam.

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Greater

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An abdomen X-ray will show _____ on each side of the spine due to absorption of radiation by these muscles

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Psoas muscle

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17
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Which basic substance of the body has the highest effective atomic number?

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Bone

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18
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Absorption by bone means fewer photons reaching the IR so less

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IR exposure

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19
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The amount of radiation that strikes the IR is

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IR Exposure

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What is our subject?

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The patient

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21
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The subject density is going to impact the

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IR exposure

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Thicker/denser parts absorb _____ radiation producing ____ IR exposure.

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More
Less

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The impact the subject has on the resultant radiographic IR exposure is

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Subject density

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The Degree of differential absorption resulting from the differing absorption characteristics of the tissues in the body

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Subject contrast

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Spatial resolution of the structures depends on the position within the body and also the body’s placement to the IR
Subject detail
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Subject detail is also known as
OID
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The patient has to be positioned specifically to demonstrate a particular structure because of the way certain structures lie within the body
Subject distortion
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Subject distortion is our
Positioning
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To get good detail, your part needs to be
As close to the IR as possible
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Medical science concerned with all aspects of disease, including the structural and functional changes caused by as diseases process
Pathology
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These diseases cause the body tissue to increase in thickness, atomic number, and tissue density
Additive conditions
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A greater attenuation of the beam will exist in which conditions?
Additive
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Additive conditions require _______ technical factors.
Increasing
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Are additive conditions easier or harder to penetrate?
Harder
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These diseases cause the body tissue to decrease in thickness, atomic number, and tissue density.
Destructive conditions
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Destructive Conditions require _______ technical factors.
Decreasing
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Are destructive conditions easier or harder to penetrate?
Easier
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Which technical factor should be adjusted for additive conditions, and should you increase or decrease that factor?
Increase kVp
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15% increase in kVp will double the IR exposure
15% rule
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__% to __% kVp increase will compensate for most additive conditions.
5 to 15
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_____ will adjust/compensate exposures for pathological change’s automatically
AEC systems
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Destructive conditions require a ______ in which technical factor?
Decrease in mAs
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A ____ % decrease in ______ will reduce the IR exposure by half.
50 mAs
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A decrease of ____% to ____% in ____ will compensate for most destructive conditions.
25 to 50 mAs
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White to black very quickly
Short scale
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Many shades of grey
Long scale
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The time necessary for the human eye to acquire information is
0.2 seconds
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Which parts of the eye gather light?
Aqueous humor, cornea, iris, and lens
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The eyes perceive the image and _______s it to the _______.
Transmits Brain
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The human eye is anatomically designed to _______, _______, __________, and transmit it to the brain for processing.
Gather light Focus it Convert it to nervous impulses
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What parts of the retina is responsible for converting the image to nervous impulses?
Specialized cells, especially the fovea centralis (or macula lutea)
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What transmits the impulses to the brain for processing?
Optic nerve
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Where does human image conversion occur?
Rod and cone cells
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The rod and cone cells are located in the
Retina
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If corrective lens are required its because of
Cornea issues
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Another name for retina is
Fovea centralis
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The retina (fovea centralis) coverts light to
Nervous impulses
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Rods are considered what type of vision
Scotopic (night)
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What type of light are rods sensitive to?
Low light
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Rods cannot function in
Bright light
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Cones are considered what type of vision?
Photopic (daylight)
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What type of light are cones sensitive to?
Bright light
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Lack of cones is the cause of
Color blindness
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Cones are responsible for
Contrast perception (greater recognition of grayscale differences)
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Created when the eye perceives a boundary
Mach effect
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Occurs when intensely bright light floods the eye directly.
Veil Glare
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Veil glare occurs in _____ areas of the image and between images
Unexposed
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Unwanted artifacts such as necklaces, buttons, zipper, and rings cause visual ____ while viewing radiographic images.
Noise
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Radiographers should see the body as
Three dimensional
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Radiographers should see radiographs as
2 dimensional
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Radiographs are two dimensional because they are
Missing depth
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To compensate for missing depth on a radiograph;
Never settle for a single view of any structure

Physics 2 (6 decks)

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