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12-20 breaths per min. Correct Answers normal average rate of
respiration for a healthy adult patient is
2 mR/min Correct Answers if the exposure rate to a body
standing 5 feet from a radiation source is 12 mR/min what will
be the dose to that body at a distance of 12 feet from the source?
2.5 mm Al equivalent Correct Answers minimum total amount
of filtration (inherent plus added) is required in equipment
operated above 70 kVp?
2.8 R/min Correct Answers if the exposure rate at 2.0 meters
from a source of radiation is 18 R/min, what will be the
exposure rate at 5 meters from the source?
5 rem Correct Answers annual dose limit equivalent for the
skin and hands of an occupationally exposed individual?
5 rem (50 mSv) Correct Answers the NCRP recommends an
annual effective occupational dose equivalent limit of
90-95 degrees Correct Answers developer temp. in today's 90-
sec automatic processors.
absorbers of high atomic number and positive contrast media
Correct Answers Photoelectric effect is likely to occur under
which of the following conditions
, acts as an additional filter, reduce tube output, resulting in arcing
and tube puncture Correct Answers as the x-ray tube filament
ages, it becomes progressively thinner due to evaporation. The
vaporized tungsten is frequently deposited on the window of the
glass envelope. This may:
acute Correct Answers early symptoms of ___________
radiation syndrome include nausea and vomiting (emesis)
advantages of high kVp techniques Correct Answers greater
exposure latitude, long-scale contrast
AIDS virus Correct Answers transmitted by sharing
contaminated needles, mother to child during birth, intimate
contact with bodily fluids
air transmission Correct Answers tuberculosis, mumps, strep
throat
an inner shell electron Correct Answers the photoelectric
process is an interaction between an x-ray photon and what?
anaphylaxis Correct Answers rapid onset of severe respiratory
or cardiovascular symptoms after ingestion or injection of a
drug, vaccine, contrast agent, or food, or after an insect bite.
associated with subject contrast Correct Answers kilovoltage,
tissue density, patient thickness
attenuation Correct Answers the reduction in x-ray photon
intensity as it passes through material.