Answers Explained
Whozdiscoveredzx-rays?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-WilhelmzConradzRoentgen
Whenzwerezx-rayszdiscovered?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Novemberz8,z1895zinzGermany
Whatzarezthez3zCardinalzPrincipalszofzradiationzprotection?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-
Maximizezdistance,zmaximizezshielding,zminimizeztime
WhatziszErythema?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Reddeningzofzthezskin
WhatziszAnemia?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Decreasezofzoxygenzinzblood,zlowzbloodzcount
WhatziszLeukopenia?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-LowzWBCzcount
Whatziszepilation?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Losszofzhair
WhatzdoeszALARAzstandzfor?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-AszLowzAszReasonablyzAchievable
Whatziszcollimation?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Limitszthezsize/areazofzthezx-rayzbeam
Whatziszazproton?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Positivelyzcharged,zinznucleuszofzatom
Whatziszazneutron?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Nozelectricalzcharge,zinznucleuszofzatom
Whatziszazelectron?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Negativelyzcharged,zinzorbitalzshellzaroundznucleuszofzanzatom
Whatziszanzion?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Azchargedzparticle
,Whatziszionization?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Processzofzanzelectronzleavingzitszorbitzaroundzazneutralzatom
Whatziszanzionzpair?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Anzelectronzandzazpositivezchargedzatom
Whatzdoeszisotropiczmean?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Equalzinzallzdirections
Whatziszenergy?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Thezabilityztozdozwork
Whatziszmass?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Thezquantityzofzmatter
Whatziszmatter?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Anythingzthatzoccupieszspacezandzhaszmass
Whatztravelszatz186,000zmiles/second?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Allzelectromagneticzradiation
Doeszelectromagneticzradiationzhavezmass?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-No
Whatzhaszhigherzenergyzthanzvisiblezlight?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-X-rays
Whatzhappenszwhenzx-rayszarezabsorbedzbyzbodyztissue?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-
Causeszionizationzofzatomszandzmolecules
Ionizationzcanzresultzinzwhatztypezofzdamage?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-BiologicalzDamage
Whatziszradioplaque?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-DOESzNOTzgozthrough
Whatziszradiolucent?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Seeszthrough
Azspecialzmechanismzthatzstopsztubezmovementzatzazspecificzlocationzis?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Detent
, Whatzdevicezreceiveszthezenergyzofzthezx-rayzbeamzandzformszthezimagezofzthezbodyzpart?z-
zCORRECTzANSWER-ImagezReceptor
Whatztypezofzcassettezcontainingzfilmzreceiveszx-rayzbeam?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Filmzbased
Whatziszazlatentzimage?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Azhiddenzimage
Azcassettezcontainingzfilmzreceiveszthezx-
rayzbeam.zThezfilmznowzcontainszazlatentzimagezandzwillzbecomezvisiblezafterzbeingzprocessedzinza?z-
zCORRECTzANSWER-Darkzroom
Whatztypezofzcassettezcontainingzazphosphorzplatezreceiveszthezx-rayzbeam?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-
ComputedzRadiography
InzCR,zthezphosphorzplatezwillzbezscannedzbyza?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Laser
Anzelectroniczplatezreceiveszthezx-
rayzbeamzandzproduceszandzelectroniczsignalzthatziszsentzdirectlyztozazcomputerzforzprocessingzandzdigitalz
imagezformation?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Direct/Digital
WhatzpreventszscatterzradiationzfromzreachingzthezIR?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Grid
WhatzincludeszaztrayztozholdzthezIR?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Bucky
Whatzdoeszthezcollimatorzdo?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Limitszthezsizezofzthezradiationzfield
Whatzdoesztransversezmean?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Movementzofzthezx-
rayztubezacrosszthezpatientzfromzleftztozright
Whatzdoeszlongitudinalzmean?z-zCORRECTzANSWER-Movementzofzthezx-
rayztubezfromzthezfootzendztowardzthezheadzendzofzthezpatient