NMTCB CT UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

NMTCB CT UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

-Axial acquired parallel to 15 degrees above IOML
-Thin sections(2-5)mm skull base to posterior fossa, then
Routine Brain Protocol
5-10mm through vertex
-standard, soft tissue or bone algorithm
WL and WW Gray/White Matter WW 35, WL 100
WL and WW Bone WL400 WW3000
WL/WW Hemorrhage/Hematoma WL 75 WW 150
WL / WW for hemorrhage/hematoma WL 75 WW 150
WL and WW for Acute Ischemia WL 35 WW 25
WL/WW for soft tissue WL 40 WW400
Contrast for Trauma Brain is initially contraindicated (T/F) True. Masks hemmorhage
Contrast for Acute Stroke Brain is initially contraindicated
True. hemorrhage must first be excluded
(T/F)
-Coronal Plane
Pituitary Gland Brain imaging -Thin Sections (1-3 mm)
-Contrast
-High Resolution Imaging
-Thin Slices (0.6-2mm) Axial and coronal Planes
Temporal Bones and Internal Auditory Canals Brain Imag- -Small DFOV
ing -Temporal Bones recon w/ high spatial frequency bone
algorithm
-No contrast

-Axial Plane
-Thin sections (1-3 mm) parallel to IOML
Orbits Brain Imaging -Oblique Sagittal or Oblique coronal MPR through optic
nerve
-Standard or soft tissue recon

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