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Fluoroscopy

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a DYNAMIC radiographic examination which makes possible the visualization of internal organs in MOTION

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Xrays were initially discovered by ___________ because of their ability to cause _________.

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Roentgen, Fluorescence

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who invented the fluoroscope and in what year?

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Thomas edison in 1896

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First generation Fluoroscope consist of:

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x-ray tube, table, and fluoroscopic screen

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Light from the fluoroscopic screen was so faint that exams were performed in ________ -________.

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Darkened room

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How long did it take for the radiologist to dark adapt their eyes?

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20-30 min

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A sheet of ____ covered the florescent screen so the radiologist could look directly at the screen.

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lead glass

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what does the human eye have the ability to adapt to?

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low levels of illumination

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Where are type of receptors located within?

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retina

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where are cones located?

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densely concentrated in the posterior of the retina which is called the fovea centralis

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Cones function most efficiently in:

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bright light

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cones are used for _______ vision.

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daylight or photopic

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where cones sparsely scattered and what are they used for?

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over the rest of the retina and used for peripheral vision during daylight

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where are rods located?

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located around the periphery of the retina. none are located in the fovea centailis

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where do the rods function best?

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best with low level of illumination, dim vision

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what are rods used for?

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night vision which is peripheral

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night vision is also called:

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scotopic vision

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rods are most sensitive to which kind of wave-length light?

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blue-green

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what color goggles do you wear to dark adapt and why?

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red goggles which filter out blue-green wavelength

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dim fluoroscopic images require the use of _____ vision.

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rod

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Using rod vision leads to:

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poor visual acuity, poor ability to detect shade of grey (contrast)

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what led to the development of the image intensifier?

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the need to produce a bright image to allow the use of cone vision w/o giving the patient an excessive radiation exposure

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What is an image intensifier?

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an ELECTRONIC vacuum tube that converts the pattern of the x-ray beam to a BRIGHT LIGHT IMAGE

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what are the 5 basic elements of an image intensifier?

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Input phosphor, photocathode, electrostatic focusing lens, accelerating anode, output phosphor

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What is the input phosphor(IP) made of?
Cesium Iodide (Csl)
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What the input phosphor increase and decrease?
Increases image quality and resolution, decrease phosphor thickness
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Older screens were made up of:
Zinc Cadmium Sulfide (ZnCdS)
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When the input phosphor is stuck by xrays what is produced?
Bright light
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The intensity of the light produced be the IP is __________ to the number of x-rays incident on it.
Proportional
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Photocathode (PC) is made up of a
photoemissive metal (combination of Cs and Sb)
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Photocathode responds to light from IP and emits _______.
electrons (e-)
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For the photocathode, the number of e- produced is _____________ to the intensity of light sticking the PC.
Proportional
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What prevents chemical reaction between Photocathode and Input phosphor?
a thin transparent layer
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what is resolution?
the ability of a system to image an object faithfully
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Both IP & PC are ________ for undistorted focusing of the e- beam.
Curved
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Since IP & PC are curved this allows the electrons to travel _________ __________ to the output phosphor.
same Distance
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What is the electrostatic focusing lens?
series of negatively charged electrodes on the inside surface of the tube
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The purpose of the electrostatic focusing lens.
To focus electron beam as it flows toward the output phosphor
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All electrons meet/ converge at ____ ______.
focal point.
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Because they are traveling in straight lines, this results in __________ and __________ the image
Inverting and reversing
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Where does point inversion occur at?
focal point
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Where is the accelerating tube located?
in the neck of the tube
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purpose of the accelerating anode
functions to accelerate electrons toward the output phosphor
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Accelerating anode has a ____ to ______ kv positive potential relative to PC.
25-35
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Output phosphor (OP) is made of
Zinc Cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS)
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Output phosphor is ____ to ____ inches in diameter.
1/2 inches to 1 inch
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electrons arrive at OP at very high kinetic energy. they contain the image of the IP in __________ form.
minified
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Input phosphor is _______ then output phosphor
bigger
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How much more light does output phosphor produce compare input phosphor? and this is due to?
50 times; high kinetic energy of e- beam
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The image from the OP, in the form of ___ _____, is the same image that was carried to the IP via the _____ x-ray beam.
light photons; remnant
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what is brightness gain?
The ability of the image intensifier to increase the ILLUMINATION LEVEL of the image
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Brightness gain is dependent on what two sources?
minification gain and flux gain
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What is minification gain?
occurs due to the same number of light photons produced on IP being compressed to the small area of the OP
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minification gain is dependent on:
diameter of IP &OP
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the formula of minification
ratio of the square of the diameter of the IP to the square of the diameter of the OP
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what is the range for the input phosphor diameter?
4" to 20"
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What is the usual diameter of the output phosphor?
1" or 2.5cm
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Minification gain is simply an increase in _________ or __________, not an improvement in the ______ or number of light photons making up the image.
Brightness; intensity; quality
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what is the flux gain?
ratio of the number of light photons at the output phosphor to the number of x-ray at the input phosphor
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Flux gain formula
of light photons at OP over # of light photons at IP
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Brightness gain (BG) formula
BG= (MG)(FG)
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Dim objects can be viewed better with _______ vision.
peripheral
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purpose of angiography
to visualize vessels
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in general, during fluoroscopy as compared with radiography:
the mA will be lower
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radiation can cause cataracts in what part of the eye?
lens
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During a fluoro exam, static images are obtained on:
spot film
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Visual acuity
the ability to perceive fine detail
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The fluoro tube is located:
under or over the table
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As compared with radiography, the x-ray technique required for fluoroscopy calls for:
lower mA
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what properties is associated with rods but not with cones
scotopic vision
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what is the ocular structures immediately precedes the vitreous humor along the path of incident light?
lens
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Radiographic images are viewed under
photopic conditions
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The fovea centralis is part of the ______
retina
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Fluoroscopy normally requires a tube current of
1 to 5 mA
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During fluoroscopic imaging, Reducing ____ increases _________ ____________.
kVp; image contrast
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Automatic brightness stabilization (ABS) is designed to compensate for
patient composition
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Video viewing of the fluoroscopic image is advantageous because __________.
the image is brighter
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what structure of the eye is most sensitive to colors?
cones
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the fluoroscopic system designed to maintain a constant image intensity
Automatic brightness control (ABC)
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function of the iris
Control the light level
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Photoelectric emission
the emission of electrons from an illuminated surface
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At what stage of image intensified fluoroscopy is the number of image forming photons lowest?
Entering the input phosphor
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image intensifier brightness gain increases when ________ ______increases
flux gain
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when an image intensifier receives x-rays at the input phosphor, what is emitted at the output phosphor?
visible light
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What does the photocathode convert?
visible light into electrons
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The minification gain of an image intensifier increases when ______ increases
input phosphor size
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sequence for image intensified fluoroscopy
1. X-rays to light 2. Light-to-electrons 3. Electrons-to-light 4. light-to-electric signal 5. Electric signal to light
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in output phosphor _________ is emitted
light
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when does the photocathode emit electrons?
when its illuminated by the input phosphor
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what is modulation?
a change in a quality or signal in a response to another quantity or signal
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video monitoring uses how many frames per a second?
30 frames per sec

RTCA244 Image production 2 (5 decks)

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