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c. a high-energyradiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target
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d. abranch ofmedicinethat deals with the use
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Radiation is a form of energy carried by waves or streams of particles. An x-ray is a beam of energy that
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energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an x-ray tube.
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j Radiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the use of x-rays.
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TOP: CDA, RHS, III.B.2. Describe the characteristics of x-radiation
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2. A radiograph is defined as
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b. apicture on film produced bythe passage of
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c. the art and science of making radiographs by the exposure of an image receptor to x- rays.
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j receptor. A radiograph is a picture on film produced by the passage of x- rays through an object or body.
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j Radiography is the art and science of making dental images by the exposure of a receptor to x-rays.
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Radiation is a form of energy carried bywaves or streams of particles.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: Page 2 OBJ: 1 TOP: CDA, RHS, III.B.2. Describe the
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3. Your patient asked you why dental images are important. Which of the following is the
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dental diseases and conditions produce no clinical signs and symptoms. Dental images are
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a necessarycomponent of comprehensive patient care. Many dental diseases are typically discovered
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4. The x-ray was discovered by
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Heinrich Geissler built the first vacuum tube in 1838. Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x-ray on
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j November 8, 1895. Johann Hittorf observed in 1870 that discharges emitted from the negative
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5. Who exposed the first dental radiograph in the United States using a live person?
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Otto Walkoff was a German dentist who made the first dental radiograph. Wilhelm Roentgen was a
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j Bavarian physicist who discovered the x-ray. Edmund Kells exposed the first dental radiograph in the
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United States using a live person. Price introduced the bisecting technique in 1904.
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6. Current fast radiographic film requires j j j j %less exposuretimethan theinitial
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C. Edmund Kells introduced the paralleling technique in 1896. Franklin W. McCormack reintroduced
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the paralleling technique in 1920. F. Gordon Fitzgerald modified the paralleling
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