Chapter 4: Radiographic Imaging Flashcards
Radiobiology is ?
The study of the effects of ionising radiation on living systems
The health effects of radiation
When an atom looses an electron?
It becomes a positive ion
When an atom gains an electron?
It becomes a negative ion
What is required for ionisation to occur?
Energy
How do atoms become ions?
By acquiring a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons
We need a specific type of __ to ionise the matter?
Radiation
Radiation is?
Emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium
Radiation includes:
(4)
- electromagnetic
- particle
- acoustic
- gravitational
Non ionising radiation are:
Visible light
Infrared
Microwave
Radio waves
- they don’t have sufficient energy
2 forms/types of radiation are?
- particulate
- electromagnetic
They have enough energy to alter the matter
Particulate?
Atoms break up releasing alpha or beta particles—> radio-activity
Electromagnetic?
Waves propagating through space-time carrying electromagnetic radiant energy
What are electromagnetic radiations?
(7)
Gamma rays
X-rays
Ultraviolet rays
Visible light
Infrared (heat)
Microwaves
Radio waves
Which of the electromagnetic radiations have the highest energy and are able to ionise matter
Gamma rays and x-rays
Oral and maxillofacial radiology involves only?
ER
X-ray machine produces?
X-ray that pass through a patient’s tissues and strike a digital receptor or film to make a radiographic image
X-ray tube?
A cathode and anode situated within an evacuated
glass envelope or tube
Who created the X-ray tube? When and how?
- Wilhelm Röntgen. German physics prof.
- On Novembre 8, 1895
- Experimenting with Crookes tubes
- “X” unknown radiation
- Röntgen radiation
- Nobel Prize in Physics
Factors controlling the radiographic imaging?
X-ray beam
Object
Digital receptor/film
Factors regarding the x-ray beam:
- Exposure time
- Tube current (mA)
- Tube voltage peak (kVp)
- Distance tube-film
- Collimation
- Filtration
- Inverse square law
- Device efficacy
Exposure time?
Changing the exposure time
modifies the duration of the
exposure and thus the number
of photons generated.
Exposure time controls ?
density and contrast.
Tube current (mA) controls?
Density
MAD
The unit of tube current is?
mA
Milliamperes
Tube voltage peak (kVp) is involved in the?
Contrast
Increasing the kVp increases the potential difference between the cathode and the anode, increasing the energy of each electron when
it strikes the target. The greater the
energy of an electron __?
the greater the probability it will be converted into X-ray photons.
Unit of kVp?
Kilovoltage
Distance tube-film is involved in the ?
Quality
The distance tube- film affects the ?
Radiation intensity and ET
If you increase the distance you inc the ET
A collimator is?
a metallic barrier with an aperture in the middle used to restrict the size of the X-ray beam and the volume of tissue irradiated.