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When were x-rays discovered?
Ans: November 8, 1895 in Germany


What are the 3 Cardinal Principals of radiation protection?
Ans: Maximize distance, maximize shielding, minimize time


What is Erythema?
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Ans: Reddening of the skin
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What is Anemia?
Ans: Decrease of oxygen in blood, low blood count


What is Leukopenia?
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Ans: Low WBC count
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What is epilation?
Ans: Loss of hair


What is collimation?
Ans: Limits the size/area of the x-ray beam


What is a proton?
Ans: Positively charged, in nucleus of atom


What is a neutron?
Ans: No electrical charge, in nucleus of atom


What is a electron?
Ans: Negatively charged, in orbital shell around nucleus of an atom

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What is an ion?
Ans: A charged particle


What is ionization?
Ans: Process of an electron leaving its orbit around a neutral atom


What does isotropic mean?
Ans: Equal in all directions


What happens when x-rays are absorbed by body tissue?
Ans: Causes ionization of atoms and molecules
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What is radioplaque?
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Ans: DOES NOT go through


What is radiolucent?
Ans: Sees through
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A special mechanism that stops tube movement at a specific location is?
Ans: Detent
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What device receives the energy of the x-ray beam and forms the image
of the body part?
Ans: Image Receptor


What type of cassette containing film receives x-ray beam?
Ans: Film based


What is a latent image?
Ans: A hidden image


What type of cassette containing a phosphor plate receives the x-ray
beam?
Ans: Computed Radiography

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In CR, the phosphor plate will be scanned by a?
Ans: Laser


What does the collimator do?
Ans: Limits the size of the radiation field


What does kVp control?
Ans: The penetrating ability of the x-rays


What does mAs control?
Ans: The quantity of x-rays produced
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What is attenuation?
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Ans: Absorption of the x-ray beam within the patients body


What material absorbs a high percentage of radiation?
Ans: Lead
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What is the anode?
Ans: Positive charged, contains the target and is heated to produce
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thermionic emission of electrons


What is the cathode?
Ans: Negative charged, contains the small/large filaments within a
focusing cup


99% of the energy of the electrons striking the target is converted into?
Ans: Heat


What rotates during exposure?
Ans: Anode


What does the small filament do?
Ans: Provides greater image detail

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