RADT EXAM 1

RADT EXAM 1
TRUE - ANS-* RADIATION CAN CAUSE CANCER
* SHIELDING AND COLLIMATION REDUCE PATIENT RADIATION DOSE
* THE REMNANT BEAM IS KNOWN AS THE PRIMARY BEAM
* GONADAL SHIELD SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED
* ALMOST ALL SCATTER IS CAUSED BY COMPTON INTERACTIONS
*WITH COLLIMATION THE PENETRATING X-RAYS REMAIN THE SAME

FALSE - ANS-*THE COLLIMATION BOX IS MOUNTED TO THE EXAM TABLE
*LARGER FIELD SIZE EQUALS LESS TISSUE BEING EXPOSED
*POSITIVE BEAM LIMITATION IS A MANUAL COLLIMATION DEVICE
*INCREASING MAS REDUCES PATIENT DOSE

GRID - ANS-A FLAT RECTANGULAR PLATE CONTAINING ALTERNATING LEAD
FOIL STRIPS SEPARATED BY A RADIOTRANSPARENT INTERSPACER MATERIAL

CONTRAST - ANS-SCATTER RADIOTION AFFECTS THE IMAGE "CONTRAST"

FIELD LIMITATIONS - ANS-THE PRIMARY METHOD OF PREVENTING SCATTER
RADIATION FROM BEING PRODUCED IS ..

KVP AND MAS - ANS-AN X RAY EXAM TECHNIQUE IS COMPOSED OF WHICH
TWO FACTORS

ELIMINATING RETAKES - ANS-THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
REDUCING PATIENT DOSE OS

WHENEVER IS CRITICALLY NECESARY - ANS-THE PREGNANT PATIENT SHOULD
HAVE A STUDY INVOLVING RADIATION

GROIN - ANS-FLAT CONTACT SHIELDS OR APRONS LAID DIRECTLY ON THE
PATIENT'S

KVP STAND FOR - ANS-KILOVOLTAGE PEAK

TYPES OF GRIDS ARE - ANS-LINEAR, CROSSHATCHED FOCCUSED

GUSTAV BUCKY - ANS-THE PERSON IS INVENTED THE GREAD IS NAMED