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Terms in this set (223)
Who discovered x-rays? Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
When were x-rays November 8, 1895 in Germany
discovered?
What are the 3 Cardinal Maximize distance, maximize shielding, minimize time
Principals of radiation
protection?
What is Erythema? Reddening of the skin
What is Anemia? Decrease of oxygen in blood, low blood count
What is Leukopenia? Low WBC count
What is epilation? Loss of hair
What does ALARA stand As Low As Reasonably Achievable
for?
What is collimation? Limits the size/area of the x-ray beam
What is a proton? Positively charged, in nucleus of atom
What is a neutron? No electrical charge, in nucleus of atom
Negatively charged, in orbital shell around nucleus of
What is a electron?
an atom
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What is an ion? A charged particle
Process of an electron leaving its orbit around a
What is ionization?
neutral atom
What is an ion pair? An electron and a positive charged atom
What does isotropic Equal in all directions
mean?
What is energy? The ability to do work
What is mass? The quantity of matter
What is matter? Anything that occupies space and has mass
What travels at 186,000 All electromagnetic radiation
miles/second?
Does electromagnetic No
radiation have mass?
What has higher energy X-rays
than visible light?
What happens when x- Causes ionization of atoms and molecules
rays are absorbed by
body tissue?
Ionization can result in Biological Damage
what type of damage?
What is radioplaque? DOES NOT go through
What is radiolucent? Sees through
A special mechanism that Detent
stops tube movement at a
specific location is?
What device receives the Image Receptor
energy of the x-ray beam
and forms the image of
the body part?
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What type of cassette Film based
containing film receives x-
ray beam?
What is a latent image? A hidden image
A cassette containing film Dark room
receives the x-ray beam.
The film now contains a
latent image and will
become visible after being
processed in a?
What type of cassette Computed Radiography
containing a phosphor
plate receives the x-ray
beam?
In CR, the phosphor plate Laser
will be scanned by a?
An electronic plate Direct/Digital
receives the x-ray beam
and produces and
electronic signal that is
sent directly to a
computer for processing
and digital image
formation?
What prevents scatter Grid
radiation from reaching
the IR?
What includes a tray to Bucky
hold the IR?
What does the collimator Limits the size of the radiation field
do?
What does transverse Movement of the x-ray tube across the patient from
mean? left to right
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Terms in this set (223)
Who discovered x-rays? Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
When were x-rays November 8, 1895 in Germany
discovered?
What are the 3 Cardinal Maximize distance, maximize shielding, minimize time
Principals of radiation
protection?
What is Erythema? Reddening of the skin
What is Anemia? Decrease of oxygen in blood, low blood count
What is Leukopenia? Low WBC count
What is epilation? Loss of hair
What does ALARA stand As Low As Reasonably Achievable
for?
What is collimation? Limits the size/area of the x-ray beam
What is a proton? Positively charged, in nucleus of atom
What is a neutron? No electrical charge, in nucleus of atom
Negatively charged, in orbital shell around nucleus of
What is a electron?
an atom
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What is an ion? A charged particle
Process of an electron leaving its orbit around a
What is ionization?
neutral atom
What is an ion pair? An electron and a positive charged atom
What does isotropic Equal in all directions
mean?
What is energy? The ability to do work
What is mass? The quantity of matter
What is matter? Anything that occupies space and has mass
What travels at 186,000 All electromagnetic radiation
miles/second?
Does electromagnetic No
radiation have mass?
What has higher energy X-rays
than visible light?
What happens when x- Causes ionization of atoms and molecules
rays are absorbed by
body tissue?
Ionization can result in Biological Damage
what type of damage?
What is radioplaque? DOES NOT go through
What is radiolucent? Sees through
A special mechanism that Detent
stops tube movement at a
specific location is?
What device receives the Image Receptor
energy of the x-ray beam
and forms the image of
the body part?
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What type of cassette Film based
containing film receives x-
ray beam?
What is a latent image? A hidden image
A cassette containing film Dark room
receives the x-ray beam.
The film now contains a
latent image and will
become visible after being
processed in a?
What type of cassette Computed Radiography
containing a phosphor
plate receives the x-ray
beam?
In CR, the phosphor plate Laser
will be scanned by a?
An electronic plate Direct/Digital
receives the x-ray beam
and produces and
electronic signal that is
sent directly to a
computer for processing
and digital image
formation?
What prevents scatter Grid
radiation from reaching
the IR?
What includes a tray to Bucky
hold the IR?
What does the collimator Limits the size of the radiation field
do?
What does transverse Movement of the x-ray tube across the patient from
mean? left to right
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