Introduction to Digital
Radiography and PACS with
questions and well verified
answers actual exam!!!
2026
Who discovered xrays - ANSWER -Wilhelm Roentgen
When we're xrays discovered - ANSWER -November 8, 1895
What does DICOM stand for - ANSWER -Digital Imaging and Communications in
Medicine
What type of radiography uses film and intensifying screens in image production -
ANSWER -Conventional film/screen
What does the image intensifier screen emit when struck by xrays - ANSWER -Light
What exposes the film - ANSWER -Light and xrays
What type of image is viewed in a lightbox - ANSWER -Manifest
, Defined as any image acquisition process that produces an electronic image - ANSWER -
Digital imaging
Digital imaging was first used in the 1970s with the development of what ____________
______________ - ANSWER -Computed tomography
Who developed the first CT scanner, bringing imaging devices and computers together -
ANSWER -Godfrey Hounsfield
Early CT scanners took how long to produce a single slice? The reconstruction if images took
several days to produce - ANSWER -Hours
The first commercial CT scanners imaged only what - ANSWER -The head
The invention of _____ widely regulated as one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging -
ANSWER -CT
What did Paul Lauterbur in 1973 led to pioneers and introduce commercially in the early
1980's - ANSWER -MRI
What does MRI stand for - ANSWER -magnetic resonance imaging
What advancements also occurred in the 1970's and was the first digital modality for the
general X-ray department. Analog to digital converters allowed real time images to be viewed
on high resolution tv monitors - ANSWER -Fluoroscopy
Frame grabbed images (screen capture) were easily converted to a digital image file
______________ and __________ ___________ - ANSWER -Ultrasound; nuclear
medicine
Concept began with Albert Jutras in Canada in the 1950's. Moving images via telephone lines
to ans from remote locations - ANSWER -Teleradiology
Who came up with teleradiology in Canada in the 1950's we're realizing you can use xrays
similar to a fax machine by using telephone lines - ANSWER -Albert Jutras
Radiography and PACS with
questions and well verified
answers actual exam!!!
2026
Who discovered xrays - ANSWER -Wilhelm Roentgen
When we're xrays discovered - ANSWER -November 8, 1895
What does DICOM stand for - ANSWER -Digital Imaging and Communications in
Medicine
What type of radiography uses film and intensifying screens in image production -
ANSWER -Conventional film/screen
What does the image intensifier screen emit when struck by xrays - ANSWER -Light
What exposes the film - ANSWER -Light and xrays
What type of image is viewed in a lightbox - ANSWER -Manifest
, Defined as any image acquisition process that produces an electronic image - ANSWER -
Digital imaging
Digital imaging was first used in the 1970s with the development of what ____________
______________ - ANSWER -Computed tomography
Who developed the first CT scanner, bringing imaging devices and computers together -
ANSWER -Godfrey Hounsfield
Early CT scanners took how long to produce a single slice? The reconstruction if images took
several days to produce - ANSWER -Hours
The first commercial CT scanners imaged only what - ANSWER -The head
The invention of _____ widely regulated as one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging -
ANSWER -CT
What did Paul Lauterbur in 1973 led to pioneers and introduce commercially in the early
1980's - ANSWER -MRI
What does MRI stand for - ANSWER -magnetic resonance imaging
What advancements also occurred in the 1970's and was the first digital modality for the
general X-ray department. Analog to digital converters allowed real time images to be viewed
on high resolution tv monitors - ANSWER -Fluoroscopy
Frame grabbed images (screen capture) were easily converted to a digital image file
______________ and __________ ___________ - ANSWER -Ultrasound; nuclear
medicine
Concept began with Albert Jutras in Canada in the 1950's. Moving images via telephone lines
to ans from remote locations - ANSWER -Teleradiology
Who came up with teleradiology in Canada in the 1950's we're realizing you can use xrays
similar to a fax machine by using telephone lines - ANSWER -Albert Jutras
