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If x-rays enter a material, they may:

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  1. interact with the atoms of the patient
  2. pass through without interaction
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Energy transferred from the x-rays to the atoms of the patient’s biologic material

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Absoprtion

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3
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The amount of energy absorbed per unit mass

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Absorbed dose

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A diagnostic x-ray beam is produced when a steam of high-speed _________ bombards a ___________ charged target in a highly evacuated glass tube

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Electrons
Positively

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What is the anode made up of

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Tungsten (metal)
Rhenium (alloy metal)

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Reasons tungsten and rhenium are used as target materials

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High melting points
High atomic numbers

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Built-in filtration

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Inherent

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A certain thickness of added aluminum to harden the beam

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Added filtration

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9
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Removes low-energy x-ray photons

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Total filtration

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10
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What makes up the permanent inherent filtration in the xray tube

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Glass window and added aluminium

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X-ray photon beam that emerges from the x-ray tube and is directed toward the image receptor

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Primary radiation

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The most energetic photons in the beam can have no more energy than the:

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Electrons that hit the target

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13
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The energy of the electrons inside the xray tube is expressed in terms of

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Electric voltage

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14
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In diagnostic radiology the energy of the electrons is expressed in

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Volts or kV

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15
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If an electron is drawn across an electric potential of 1 volt, it has acquired energy of:

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1 eV

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16
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100 kVp means that the electrons bombarding the target have a maxium energy of _____ eV

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100,000 eV

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17
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X-rays of various energies are produced, but the most energetic x-ray photons can have no more energy than:

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100 keV

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18
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The energy of the average photon is ___ of the energy of the most energetic photon

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1/3

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19
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Some primary photons will traverse the patient without interacting

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Direct transmission

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20
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Other primary photons can undergo _______ or _______ interactions and as a result may be scattered or deflected.

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Compton or Coherent

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21
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Type of transmission where photons that interact with the patient but still strike the IR

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Indirect transmission

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22
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Optimal x-ray image is formed only when ______ xray photons hit the IR

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Direct transmission

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23
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Small-angle scatter events cause this effect on the IR

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Fog

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24
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What is one way to reduce fog?

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Collimate

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How many types of x-radiation and matter are possible
5
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Only __ out of 5 interactions between x-radiation and matter are important in diagnostic radiology
2/5
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A simple process that results in no loss of energy as x-rays scatter
Coherent scattering
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When does Coherent scattering occur
Low-energy photons, less than 10 keV
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Because the wavelengths of both _______ and ______ waves are the same, no net energy has been absobred
Incident Scattered
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How does Rayleigh and Thompson scattering effect radiography
It doesn't
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Other names for Coherent scattering
Classical Elastic Unmodified
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What kVp does photoelectic absorption occur?
23-150 kVp
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What type of scatter is the most important mode of interaction between xray photons and the atoms of the patient's body for producing useful images
Photoelectric
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What type of interactions causes the Auger effect
Photoelectric
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Who discovered the Auger effect and when
Pierre Victor Auger 1925
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Photoelectric absorption increases as the energy of the photon:
Decreases
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Photoelectric absorption increases as the atomic number of the irradiated atom:
Increases
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The less a give structure attenuates radiation, the ______ will be its radiographic density on a film
Greater
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The more a given structure attenuates, the _______ will be its radiographic density on a film
Lesser
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When radiographic film is no longer used as the primary IR, the term _________ is used in the digital environment
IR exposure
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A monitor function that can change the lightness and darkness of the image on a display monitor
Brightness
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Sets the midpoint of the range of densities visible on the image
Window Level
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The greater the difference in the amount of photoelectric absorption, the _________ the contrast in the image will be
Greater
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As absorption increases, so does the potential for:
Biological damage
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To ensure both radiographic image quality and patient safety, choose the _____ energy x-ray beam that permits adquate contrast
Highest
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Additional names for Compton scattering
Incoherent Inelastic Modified
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An interation that occurs at more than 10 MeV in high-energy radiation therapy treatment machines
Photodisintegration
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Type of photons that have undergone either absorption or scatter
Attenuated
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Type of photons that give up all of their energy and cease to exist
Absorbed
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Type of photons that interact with atoms but only surrender part of their energy
Scattered
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A composite Z value by weight for a material that is composed of multiple chemical elements
Effective Atomic Number
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Measured in grams per cubic cm
Mass density
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What causes small angle scatter
When the photon interacts with the patient, it causes a bend it the photon's path
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Tungsten atomic number
74
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Rhenium atomic number
75
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Filtered x-ray photon beam is known as
Primary radiation
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What does kV measure
Voltage on the xray tube
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What does keV meausre
Energy of specific xrays
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Number of x-rays emitted per inner-shell vacancy
Fluorescent yield
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Barium atomic number
56
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Iodine atomic number
53
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What type of scatter is not dependent on the atomic #
Compton
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Pair production occurs when x-ray photon energy is:
1.022 MeV
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Examples of unstable nuclei used in PET scanning
Fluorine Carbon Nitrogen
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What happens during a photodisintegration event
High energy photon is absorbed by nucleus of an atom Atom emits neutrons to regain stability

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