PQ Flashcards
- Which statement is incorrect. Compared to the JPEG image is the DICOM fires are
a) less appropriate for diagnostics.
b) bigger.
c) preferred more by the owner.
d) cannot be inspected with a medical image viewer program.
b) bigger.
- What is not true for DICOM files?
They can be inspected with commercial image viewer programs
Contain images of TIFF format.
The x-ray images have a size of 10-30 megabytes.
They contain metadata besides the image.
They can be inspected with commercial image viewer programs
- What does “acquisition” mean in digital imaging?
The clouding of electrons around the cathode spiral.
The scatter of primary beams around the animal’s body.
The creation of picture from the electric signal.
The equilibrium of exposure factors to optimize the image quality.
The creation of picture from the electric signal.
- Which statement is true?
You can’t reach into the primary beam even with lead gloves on.
The lead glove protects from the primary beam.
If you don’t see the bones of your gloved hand on the radiograph, then no radiation was exposed to your hand.
Only pregnant women can’t reach into the primary beam.
The lead glove protects from the primary beam.
- The position of which image is correct for the interpretation?
A
B
Both
Neither of them.

Neither of them.
- Is the positioning correct in this picture?
Yes.
No, the chest is rotated.
No, the forelimbs are not pulled forward.
No, the entire lung is not visible.

Yes
- What if the object is not in the center of the detector plate?
The resulting image will be enlarged.
The resulting image will be distorted.
The resulting image will be unsharp.
The resulting image will be overexposed.
The resulting image will be distorted.
- Which statement is false?
The canine tooth is located rostral to the tympanic bulla.
The patella is located cranial to the fabella.
The sternum is located ventral to the heart.
The olecranon is located dorsal to the carpus
The patella is located cranial to the fabella.
- Using the usual recumbency, what is the name of the projection?
a. laterolateral
b. lateromedial
c. mediolateral
d. mediomedial

c. mediolateral
- Where is the bullet?
in the iliac bone
under the iliac bone
above the iliac bone
cannot be told

cannot be told
- Why can be a structure more radiopaque than the other?
It has the same diameter, but it consists of elements of lower atomic numbers
it has the same material. but it’s thinner
it consists of elements of higher atomic number and has the same diameter
it consists of elements of smaller atomic number and it is thinner
it consists of elements of higher atomic number and has the same diameter
- What opacity does the marked area have?
fat
metal
soft tissue
bone

soft tissue
- What opacity does the marked area have?
fat
fluid
soft tissue
bone

fat
- Was this dog in sternal or dorsal recumbency?
sternal
dorsal
cannot be told
only the professor knows that

cannot be told
- The structure of which tool is demonstrated in the picture?
intensifying screen
grid
collimator
cassette

grid
- X-ray photons in the body normally are NOT
a. absorbed
b. reflected
c. scattered
d. transmitted
reflected
- Radon
is incorporated after inhalation
is released from industrial fallout
is generated by X-ray
is absent in Europe
is incorporated after inhalation
- It is officially safe to put a hand in the primary X-ray beam with
lead gloves on
with nothing on
with a double layer of protective lead on
none of the above
none of the above
- In case of deterministic effects
severity is proportionate to dose
there is no threshold
the typical unit of measure is Sievert
the most common result is a malignant tumour
severity is proportionate to dose
- An especially sensitive tissue type to ionizing radiation is
the skin
the bone marrow
the nervous system
none
the bone marrow
- In veterinary diagnostic radiology adverse may include
stochastic effects
deterministic effects
radiation sickness
none
stochastic effects
- The X-ray beam does NOT
cause radioactivity
ionize matter
travel at the speed of light
require electric current to generate
cause radioactivity
- A personal dosimeter is
worn on the outer side of protective clothing
your decision to wear it or not
indicates overexposure with light and sound signal
records the effective dose
records the effective dose
- One of the following is NOT a form of protection against ionizing radiation
distance
shielding
dose equivalent
time
dose equivalent









