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What is the history of X-rays?

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1895 discovered by roentgen
1896 walkhoff takes first dental X-ray (25 min exposure)
1890s Rollins introduces collimation and filtration
1950s Extraoral imaging technique invented in finland
Now approx 18 million dental X-rays taken per year in UK

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What is the charge of a proton?

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+1

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What is the Mass (amu) of a proton?

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What is the charge of a neutron?

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0

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What is the mass (amu) of a neutron?

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What is the charge of an electron?

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-1

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What is the mass (amu) of an electron?

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1/1840

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What does amu stand for?

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Atomic mass unit

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What is an atomic mass unit (amu)?

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1/12 mass of a Carrbon 12 atom

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What is the atomic number?

And which letter is it represented by?

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The number of protons in the nucleus

z

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What is the relationship between the number of protons and electrons orbiting the nucleus?

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The same number of each!

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What does the number of protons/electrons determine?

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The chemical properties of the atom

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What is the charge of an atom?

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It is electrically neutral

Nucleus +1 and electrons -1 and same no. of each

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How are electrons limited?

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To certain orbits or shells

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What are the letters used to show the electron shell?

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K, L, M, N, O, P

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Each electron shell has a fixed energy, what is the difference in energy for a shell that is closer to the nucleus?

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The closer the shell to the nucleus the lower the energy - needs less energy to hold it in place like sitting on centre of roundabout

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What is ionisation?

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The removal of an ion (or more) from an atom

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What is excitation?

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The movement of an ion to another energy shell (of higher energy)

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How many electrons does each shell have?

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They each have a max number i.e. 2, 8, 18

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How do +ve and -ve charges interact?

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Opposite charges attract

like charges repel

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What is binding energy?

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The work needed to overcome the attraction of an electron to the nucleus and remove electron from an atom

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Which shell has the greatest binding energy?

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k shell (closest to nucleus)
= outer shells its smaller as electron is further away from the nucleus = less attraction
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What does ionisation create?

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What is an ion pair?

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+ve and -ve ion = produced simultaneously by the addition of sufficient energy to a neutral atom/molecule to cause it to dissociate into oppositely charged fragments

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What are X-rays?
A form of ionising radiation that sits on the electromagnetic spectrum at the high energy end with gamma rays
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What is each X-ray?
A photon (a packet of energy/quantum of energy)
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How many photons are X-ray beams used in dentistry made up from?
Millions!!
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What are the properties of X-rays?
- Invisible and weightless - Travel in straight lines - Travel at the speed of light (in a vacuum) - Range of frequencies and wavelengths 0.01- 0.05nm (different properties) - Penetrating - Ionising - Follows the inverse square law
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What is the inverse square law?
When distance from source is doubled, intensity of radiation is 1/4
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Essentially what is a radiograph?
A shadow of the body based on the electron densities of materials and how much a tissue absorbs the radiation
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How are X-rays produced?
1. Produce lots of electrons 2. Accelerate them to very high energy 3. Smash them into a target
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How are electrons accelerated to a v. high energy?
Using a high potential difference (kV) between negative and positive
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What material is the target usually made of?
Tungsten
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Why does the tungsten target need special features?
Gets very hot and needs to not melt and be destroyed
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How does the smashing of electrons into the target produce X-rays?
Rapid deceleration of electrons = interactions with the anode (loss of energy)
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What are the different components of an X-ray tube head?
- Glass x-ray tube (filament, copper block and target) - Step up transformer - Step down transformer - Lead casing - Oil - Aluminium filtration - Collimator - Beam indicating device
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What is the role of the step up transformer?
Increases the voltage to accelerate electrons from cathode to anode
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What s the role of the step down transformer?
Decreases the voltage heat the filament (cathode) where the electrons come from
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What is the role of the lead casing?
Contains X-rays (only use those coming out in the right direction)
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What is the role of the oil?
To conduct heat away from the insert (glass X-ray tube)
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What is the role of the aluminium filtration?
Filters out low energy X-rays (decrease exposure)
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What is the role of the collimator?
Shape the beam = only covers the area we need to on the patient
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What is thermionic emission?
electrons produced by filament heating (cathode mA)
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What does the extent of filament heating control?
The amount of electrons produce | and here the current flowing between the cathode and anode (tube current in mA)
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What properties of tungsten make it ideal as a target?
- High melting point (won't melt over lifetime of insert) | - High atomic number (74) = lots of atomic electrons for electrons from filament to interact with and produce X-rays
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What does the energy lost during smashing against target get transferred into?
99% Heat | 1% X-rays
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How is the heat produced in smashing removed?
Copper Block | Surrounding Oil
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Why are heat producing collisions most common?
There are many outer shell tungsten electrons which can interact and each electron can have many heat producing collisions
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What are the three variables of X-ray sets?
kV mA Time
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What does the kV of an X-ray set determine?
QUALITY of x-ray beam (energy of photons = penetrating power) Affects film contrast
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What does the mA & time of an X-ray set determine?
QUANTITY of x-ray photons | Affects degree of blackening of film (optical density)
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What are the two methods of X-ray production?
1. Bremsstrahlung radiation | 2. Characteristic radiation
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What is bremsstrahlung radiation?
Where an incoming electron penetrates the outer electron shells and passes close to the nucleus of tungsten atoms -> almost goes into orbit around nucleus = slows down -> loss of energy -> electromagnetic wave/ X-ray), = small interaction with nucleus = small deviation (produces weak x-ray only -> most common = filtered out & deviates to varying degrees = continuous spectrum of x-ray photon energies) = all energy in electron can be produced i.e. electron can slow down enough it stops
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What is characteristic radiation?
Where incoming electrons collide with inner shell electrons displacing it into outer shell/ ejecting it from atom = huge loss of energy (higher energy level electrons jump down to fill the gap = produces X-ray photon... k alpha = L->K, K beta = M->K less frequent but bigger) =always the same energy between specific shells = predictable n.b. only electrons from k shell are of diagnostic importance =bombarding high speed electrons need energy >69.5kV to displace a K shell electron and produce a characteristic line on the spectrum (energy of electron is directly related to the kV - potential difference across the x-ray tube)

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