Learning points from Oxford book MCQs Flashcards

1
Q

Do stable nuclei contain equal numbers of protons and neutrons?

A

No
Higher number of neutrons needed for stability at higher atomic numbers

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2
Q

What is the valence shell?

A

The outer shell of an atom with electrons in

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3
Q

When does ionising radiation follow the inverse square law?

A

if it is from a point source and unattenuated

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4
Q

How can secondary electrons ionize atoms?

A

by interacting with outer shell electrons

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5
Q

Can ionizing radiation cause direct damage to tissue?

A

Yes

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6
Q

What is internal conversion?

A

atomic decay process where an excited nucleus interacts electromagnetically with one of the orbital electrons of an atom. This causes the electron to be emitted (ejected) from the atom.

This can then also lead to characteristic xray production as the K-shell electron is filled

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7
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What happens in positron emission?

A

proton -> neutron + Beta+ emission. therefore atomic number falls by 1

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8
Q

How is radioactive decay measured?

A

disintegrations per second
One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second

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9
Q

Is the speed of decay effected by physical conditions?

A

Decay rate is not affected by physical conditions

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10
Q

Are radionuclides with shorter or longer half lives safer to store?

A

Shorter time to decay to negligible activity is safer

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11
Q

Why is efficiency of xray production higher with rotating anode?

A

better heat distribution means different factors can be used

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12
Q

does cathode-anode distance effect radiation output?

A

No

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13
Q

Does anode angle effect FOV?

A

Yes The steeper the angle, the narrower the ‘useful’ x-ray beam and the smaller field covered.

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14
Q

Should the cathode filament have high or low vapour pressure?

A

It should have a low vapour pressure as this means it is less likely to evaporate

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15
Q

How does increased kV effect ESD?

A

increases it if all other factors are kept equal
in a question without this statement though assume mA would go down and actually ESD will go down.

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16
Q

How does increased kV effect scatter?

A

Higher kV -> increased scatter at the film

17
Q

What is the difference between total attenuation and attenuation coefficient?

A

Total attenuation is the product of Compton, photoelectric, and elastic attenuation effects. . Attenuation coefficient is the sum of each process.

18
Q

Is the HVL for Lead of Aluminium greater?

A

HVL for aluminium is bigger than that for lead as you need more material to attenuate to half.
HVL goes down with increasing Z.

19
Q

What is MAC measured in?

20
Q

Is LAC or MAC more clinically relevant?

A

The linear attenuation coefficient has more practical applications, as film density produced by a certain depth of tissue is more useful than that produced by a certain mass of tissue.

21
Q

What electrons do Compton interactions occur with?

A

Free or outer shell electrons

22
Q

What energies in soft tissue and bone does the Compton effect overtake photoelectric effect?

A

Bone @ >50
ST @ >30

23
Q

Is there scatter associated with the photoelectric effect?

A

No as the incident photon is completely absorbed

24
Q

T or F - The kinetic energy of electrons (keV) interacting with the target is equal to the kV
between the anode and cathode of the X-ray tube

25
Q

do scattered photons help make the primary image?

26
Q

what is HVL?

A

The HVL is the thickness of a material that will reduce the intensity of a
mono-energetic beam to half its value, not the number of photons.

27
Q

what produces more scatter - xrays passing through soft tissue of barium regarding the PE effect

28
Q

Why does the atomic number effect absorption in tissue with the PE effect?

A

Characteristic radiation produced as a result of the photoelectric effect, in
material with a low atomic number, has low photon energy and is absorbed
almost immediately by the material.

29
Q

what is tungsten atomic number?

30
Q

what is tungsten K shell binding energy?

31
Q

what effect does filtration have on effective energy?

A

increases effective and minimum energy

32
Q

can damage to tissues be caused by photoelectrons directly?

33
Q

What is Linear energy transfer?

A

the sum of the energy deposited in tissue per unit path length
it travels.

34
Q

what is 1 sv?