Bushong Ch 23 Radiographic Artifacts
Latest 2026-2027 Questions and
Answers
What is an artifact? - Correct Answers ✅Any false visual
feature on a medical image that stimulates tissue or obscures
tissue
What are the three classifications of artifact in DR? - Correct
Answers ✅1. Image receptor
2. Software
3. Object
IR artifacts are corrected with __________________ - Correct
Answers ✅Internal and external cleaning (PSP cassettes)
DR and CR IRs should last ___________ - Correct Answers
✅The lifetime of the xray equipment
Ghosting artifacts can happen due to _________________ -
Correct Answers ✅Environmental radiation
The IR should be erased if not used for _________ - Correct
Answers ✅24 hours
A Single Pixel or single row/column _________ interfere with
diagnosis but must still be corrected - Correct Answers
✅Will not
, Bushong Ch 23 Radiographic Artifacts
Latest 2026-2027 Questions and
Answers
What is interpolation? - Correct Answers ✅The process of
assigning a value to a dead pixel based on the recorded
values of adjacent pixels
Interpolation is a __________ mechanism - Correct Answers
✅Preprocessing
What is flatfielding? - Correct Answers ✅Preprocessing
software correction that is performed to equalize the
response of each pixel to a uniform xray beam
Flatfield happens to ________________. Interpolation happens
to _____________. - Correct Answers ✅The whole image : 1
pixel
_______________ techniques are used to transmit and archive
large amounts of data - Correct Answers ✅Compression
Image compression takes advantage of the _________ of data -
Correct Answers ✅Redundancy
Image compression occurs with exposure to the raw xray
beam when _________________. This is described as "______" or
Latest 2026-2027 Questions and
Answers
What is an artifact? - Correct Answers ✅Any false visual
feature on a medical image that stimulates tissue or obscures
tissue
What are the three classifications of artifact in DR? - Correct
Answers ✅1. Image receptor
2. Software
3. Object
IR artifacts are corrected with __________________ - Correct
Answers ✅Internal and external cleaning (PSP cassettes)
DR and CR IRs should last ___________ - Correct Answers
✅The lifetime of the xray equipment
Ghosting artifacts can happen due to _________________ -
Correct Answers ✅Environmental radiation
The IR should be erased if not used for _________ - Correct
Answers ✅24 hours
A Single Pixel or single row/column _________ interfere with
diagnosis but must still be corrected - Correct Answers
✅Will not
, Bushong Ch 23 Radiographic Artifacts
Latest 2026-2027 Questions and
Answers
What is interpolation? - Correct Answers ✅The process of
assigning a value to a dead pixel based on the recorded
values of adjacent pixels
Interpolation is a __________ mechanism - Correct Answers
✅Preprocessing
What is flatfielding? - Correct Answers ✅Preprocessing
software correction that is performed to equalize the
response of each pixel to a uniform xray beam
Flatfield happens to ________________. Interpolation happens
to _____________. - Correct Answers ✅The whole image : 1
pixel
_______________ techniques are used to transmit and archive
large amounts of data - Correct Answers ✅Compression
Image compression takes advantage of the _________ of data -
Correct Answers ✅Redundancy
Image compression occurs with exposure to the raw xray
beam when _________________. This is described as "______" or