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b Communication Systems b
Carter: Digital Radiography and PACS, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Film and intensifying screens are primarily used in
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a. computed radiography (CR). b b
b. digital radiography (DR). b b
c. conventional radiography. b
ANS: C b
1) Intensifying screens b
a. absorb light. b
b. emit light. b
c. absorb scatter. b
d. emit positive electrons ANS: Bb b b b OBJ: Explain latent image formation for conventional
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radiography.
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2) Which modality was the first to use the principle of digital imaging?
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a. Computed tomography (CT) b b
b. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) b b b
c. Ultrasonography
d. Cardiac catheterization b
ANS: A b OBJ: Define the term digb b b b
3) Who was the first to incorporate digital imaging with the CT scanner?
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a. Paul Lauterbur b
b. Godfrey Hounsfield b
c. Sol Nudelman b
d. M. Paul Capp b b
ANS: B b OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.
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,4) Teleradiology, moving images via telephone lines to and farboirmb.croemm/teostte locations,
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bwas first conceptualized by
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a. Paul Lauterbur.
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b. M. Paul Capp.
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c. Albert Jutras. b
d. Sol Nudelman.
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, ANS: C b OBJ: Define digital imaging and communications in medicine.
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5) The invention of CT is heralded as
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a. the advanced use of three-dimensional computation in medical imaging.
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b. one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging.
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c. the stepping stone for the development of MRI.
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d. the first modality to use PACS.
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ANS: B b OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.
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6) Early reconstruction of raw CT data took a few _
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a. minutes
b. hours
c. days
ANS: C b OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.
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7) The first commercial CT scanners could image the
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a. abdomen only. b
b. head only. b
c. head and abdomen. b b
d. total body. b
ANS: B b OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.
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8) In which decade was MRI first introduced?
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a. 1950s
b. 1960s
c. 1970s