RADT 146: Unit 1 Exam Questions with100%
Correct Answers
What imaging modality utilizes radiation to produce cross-sectional images(slices) of the
anatomy?
CT- Scan
What is the radiographic study of the breast tissue called?
Mammography
What modality uses a sensitive scanner to detect radiation emitted from the patient's body?
Nuclear Medicine and Pet Scan
What modality uses radio frequencies of magnetic domains to produce cross-sectional
(sliced) images?
MRI
What radiologic modality uses contrast media and sophisticated computer software to
visualize blood vessels (angiograms)
Special procedures, Cardiac cath lab, Interventional Radiology
What modality combines the technology of both Nuclear Medicine and Computerized
Tomography to create cross-sectional(sliced) images of the anatomy?
PET scan
What modality uses radiation levels which exceed that of the diagnostic range?
, Radiation Therapy
Name of the experimental tube used to study the behavior and conduction of electrons?
Crooke's Tube
What material 'glows' when exposed to cathode rays?
barium platinocyanide
Date Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays
November 8, 1895
Term used to describe a medical specialty that employs radiation, radio frequencies, and
sound waves to diagnose and treat diseases`
Diagnostic imaging
Term best describes a 'bundle' of energy?
Photon
electromagnetic spectrum from lowest to HIGHEST (7)
-radio
-microwave
-infrared
-visible
-ultraviolet
-X-ray
-gamma ray
Correct Answers
What imaging modality utilizes radiation to produce cross-sectional images(slices) of the
anatomy?
CT- Scan
What is the radiographic study of the breast tissue called?
Mammography
What modality uses a sensitive scanner to detect radiation emitted from the patient's body?
Nuclear Medicine and Pet Scan
What modality uses radio frequencies of magnetic domains to produce cross-sectional
(sliced) images?
MRI
What radiologic modality uses contrast media and sophisticated computer software to
visualize blood vessels (angiograms)
Special procedures, Cardiac cath lab, Interventional Radiology
What modality combines the technology of both Nuclear Medicine and Computerized
Tomography to create cross-sectional(sliced) images of the anatomy?
PET scan
What modality uses radiation levels which exceed that of the diagnostic range?
, Radiation Therapy
Name of the experimental tube used to study the behavior and conduction of electrons?
Crooke's Tube
What material 'glows' when exposed to cathode rays?
barium platinocyanide
Date Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays
November 8, 1895
Term used to describe a medical specialty that employs radiation, radio frequencies, and
sound waves to diagnose and treat diseases`
Diagnostic imaging
Term best describes a 'bundle' of energy?
Photon
electromagnetic spectrum from lowest to HIGHEST (7)
-radio
-microwave
-infrared
-visible
-ultraviolet
-X-ray
-gamma ray
