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Section 2 Exam Flashcards

1
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rapidly dividing cells which are more sensitive to radiation
Immobilization - helps tech & baby to feel safe
Must report child abuse

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infants

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Parent in room
Speak at eye level and give easy and clear instructions
Sense of right and wrong developing
Must report child abuse

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children 1-3 years

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Sense of self
Love and esteem important
Must report child abuse
Socialization and knowledge of time
Explain what you’re doing, make it fun

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children 3-12 years

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Teen years
Want to be treated as an adult
Explain everything
Be personable

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adolescents

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Families, careers
Be a good listener
Screen out pregnancy

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young adult 21-45 years

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Concerned with maintaining independence
Defined value system

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middle age 45-65 years

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Fastest growing population
Be gentle, respectful
Help them be comfortable
Elder abuse-know state laws

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senior citizens 65 & up

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who evaluates the quality of the care you deliver?

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the patient

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what does The Joint Commission (TJC) do?

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accredits healthcare facilities and allows pt and family complaint system

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True or false? Radiographers should be more formal with patients from different culture

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true

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True or false? Do not assume that a patient wants to be treated differently

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true

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12
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earth has over ________ residents with a diverse pool of cultures

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8 billion

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Why ask: Did I do something to upset you?

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To show empathy and understand how the pt feels

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What is true about medical terminology?

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Use it daily, Latin or Greek origin, specialized language for medicine

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what does BX stand for?

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biopsy

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what does CA stand for?

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cancer

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17
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what does CXR stand for?

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chest x-ray

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what does CNS stand for?

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central nervous system

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what does CVA stand for?

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stroke, cardio vascular accident

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what does DX stand for?

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diagnosis

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what does GU stand for?

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genital urinary

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what does SOB stand for?

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shortness of breath

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what does ACERT stand for?

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Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology
national radiography organization

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what does ACR stand for?

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accreditation facility

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what does ARDMS stand for?

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national ultrasound organization
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography

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what does DMS stand for?

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ultrasound

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what does CMS stand for?

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agency that gives out surveys that provides payment on pt satisfaction scores

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what does CR stand for?

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computed radiography with cassette running through processors

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what does DR stand for?

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digital radiography

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what is smaller, pixel or voxel?

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pixel

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what is the smallest part of a digital image?

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pixel

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what makes up a voxel?

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pixels

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ab-

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away from

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a-, an-

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without

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ante-

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front

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bi-

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two

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co-

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together

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decub-

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side

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dors-

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back

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dys-

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difficult (poor)

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en-

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in

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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upon

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ex-

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out

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hemi-

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half

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hydro-

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water

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hyper-

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above/greater

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hypo-

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below/lesser

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infero-

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below

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megal-

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large

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peri-

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around

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poly-

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many

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pseudo-

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false

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retro-

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backward

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trans-

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across

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tri-

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three

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vent-

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front

58
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angio

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vessel

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arth

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joint

60
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cardi

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heart

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cephal

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brain

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cerebro

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head

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cervix

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neck

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chiro

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hand

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entero

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intestine

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gastro

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stomach

67
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hem

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blood

68
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hepat

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liver

69
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hystero

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uterus

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leuk

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white

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lith

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stone

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-algia

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pain

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-centesis

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puncture

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-dia

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through

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-ectomy

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removal of/excision

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-emia

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blood

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-ectasis

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expansion

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-genic

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origin

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-lasis

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-myel

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spinal cord

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-oid

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like

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasty

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surgical correction

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-pulm

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lung

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-pyel

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renal pelvis

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-orrhapy

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suture

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-scopy

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inspection

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-otomy or -tomy

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incision/opening

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ADC

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analog to digital converter

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positive electrode in the x-ray tube

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anode

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PBL

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positive beam limitation

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holds cassette or image plate

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bucky

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light proof container holds film or digital plate

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cassette

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negative electrode in x-ray tube

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cathode

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limits x-ray beam to specific area of the body

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collimator

100
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the difference in densities

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contrast

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computed radiography digital imaging using cassette

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CR

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CRT

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cathode ray tube (video monitor)

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digital imaging & communication used in pictures and communication/health level 7 used in transfer or electronic information

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DICOM-HL7

104
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direct digital radiography - uses fixed detectors to produce image without a digital cassette

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DR

105
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degree of darkness on an image

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density

106
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misrepresentation of size and/or shape of an object being radiographed

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distortion

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it is a number produced which tells the status of a digital image

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exposure indicator (EI)

108
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is prior to being exposed to radiation

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film

109
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area of the anode from which x-rays emanate

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focal spot

110
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moves and helps remove scatter radiation from an image

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grid

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HIS

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health information system

112
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it is a graphic display of the exam pixel values formed in the image

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histogram

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device that absorbs x-rays after having passed through the patient

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image receptor (IR)

114
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Made of photostimulable phosphor that absorbs the photons that exit the patient, it is inside
a CR cassette

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imaging plate (IP)

115
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Mounted in a film screen cassette either single or paired they glow when exposed to
radiation which in turn exposes the film

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intensifying screen

116
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kVp

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kilovoltage peak
determines the wavelength of the of the x-ray beam and
determines the contrast of the image

117
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mAs

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miliampere seconds
the quantity of radiation produced by the
generator

118
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digital images are made up of pixels in rows and
columns

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matrix

119
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OID

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object to image distance is the distance from the
part of the patient being imaged and the image receptor

120
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PACS

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picture archiving system

121
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picture element smallest part of the matrix

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pixel

122
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digital manipulation of an image

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postprocessing

123
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machine that develops x-ray film

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processor

124
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placing patient’s part for the purpose of seeing the bone or organ in a way giving the most information

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position

125
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x-ray image after it has been exposed

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radiograph

126
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the path the x-rays take from the tube to the image receptor

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projection

127
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sharpness of the image on the radiograph

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recorded detail

128
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beam that exits the patient

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remnant/exit radiation

129
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RIS

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radiology information system

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SID

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sour to image distance

131
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volume element of soft tissue represented by a pixel

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voxel

132
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window level

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adjusts brightness

133
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window width

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adjusts contrast

Radt 1022 Intro (3 decks)

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