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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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JRCERT

A

Joint Review Committee in Education of the Radiologic Technologies

accrediting body

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ASRT

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American Society of Radiologic Technologists

education guidelines

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3
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ARRT

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American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

certification and registration

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Accredidation

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clear statement of objectives, a directed self-study, onsite evaluation of peers, decision by an independent commission

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Competence

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quality of being functional adequate in performing the tasks and assuming the role of compliance specified position with the requisite knowledge, ability, capability, skill, judgment, attitudes, and values

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Certification

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grants recognition to individual who has met qualification specified by agency

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Licensure

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individual allowed to engage in an occupation with minimal degree of competency necessary to ensure that the public health, safety, and welfare are reasonably well protected

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Certification program

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certificate upon completion, then petitions the ARRT, and NYSDOH for registration and state licensure

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Didactic learning

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formal classroom

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Clinical learning

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supervised experience in selected real life situations

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Proficiency

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quality or state of expertness and adeptness, a quality or state of being well advanced in an occupation, field of knowledge, or art

gives dimension to the concept of competence

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Quality

A

degree of excellence of conformity to a standard

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Standard

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established by authority or general consent as a model or example to be followed

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14
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Supervised practice

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learning experiences associated with activities in selected real life situations that enable the students to apply knowledge, develop and retain skills, and develop professionally, under appropriate supervision

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15
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Sagittal

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left and right

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Transverse (axial)

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sup and inf

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17
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Coronal

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ant and post

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18
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SAD

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source to axis distance

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SSD

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source to skin distance

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Isocenter

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imaginary point in space; axis of rotation of gantry and collimator

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Isocentric technique

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patient is setup with the same SAD for all fields. The SSD will continually change but the SAD and iso are fixed

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POP

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parallel opposed

23
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coplanar beams

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entrance and exit on same plane and overlap

24
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non-coplanar beams

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CAX of beams do not overlap

25
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SDD

A

source to diaphragm distance

26
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STD

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source to target distance

27
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ODI

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optical distance indicator

28
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OBI

A

on-board imaging

29
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MLC

A

multileaf collimator

30
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DMLC

A

dynamic multileaf collimator

31
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MU

A

monitor unit

32
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depth

A

distance beneath the skin surface where the prescribed dose is to be delivered

33
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Separation

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measurement of patient thickness from the point of beam entry to point of beam exit

34
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Gy

A

Gray, unit of absorbed dose

35
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cGy

A

1/100th of a Gy

36
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IGRT

A

image guided radiation therapy

37
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EBRT

A

external beam radiation therapy

38
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PSA

A

patient support assembly (couch)

39
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R&V

A

record and verify

40
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EPID

A

electronic portal imaging device

41
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IFD

A

intra-field distance (separation)

42
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TSEB

A

total skin electron beam

43
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BID

A

twice a day

44
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TID

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three times a day

45
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Dose

A

energy absorbed per unit mass

46
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SRS

A

stereotactic radiosurgery

47
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Cerrobend

A

bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium

48
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Inverse square law

A

when you double your distance from a radioactive source, your exposure is 1/4 the original amount. Triple=1/9

49
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LET

A

linear energy transfer

the energy lost per unit distance as an ionizing particle travels through a material

higher LET = more biological damage

50
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Gamma rays

A

photons emitted from a nucleus

51
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X-rays

A

manmade photons from linac

52
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Exposure

A

the amount of ionization produced by photons in AIR per unit mass of AIR

53
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Absorbed dose

A

energy absorbed per unit mass of any material

rad, Gy

54
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Dose equivalent

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takes into account the fact that different types of radiation produce different amounts of biological damage

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