RAD 100 - CT HOMEWORK | ACE EVERY QUIZ |
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The process related to the first computed tomography scanner was called ________ - Answer:
computerized transverse axial scanning
Tomography is a method of imaging various planes in the body. Motion is used to _________
certain portions of the patient's anatomy in order to see a particular ________ better - Answer:
blur, location
Modern CT scanners can only image the body in the axial plane - Answer: false
Modern CT scanners can measure the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries - Answer: true
Which of the following sources of radiation were used in Hounsfield's first primitive CT
scanner? - Answer: Americium
First generation scanners were only capable of imaging the: - Answer: head/brain
What Houndfield Unit is assigned to water? - Answer: 0
Modern CT scanners use a/an _________ to produce the radiation needed to image the patient -
Answer: x ray tube
Modern CT scanners allow the entire data acquisition and reconstruction process to be completed
in typically less than ________ seconds - Answer: 20
Unlike conventional CT scanning, in Volume Scanning the x ray tube traces a/an _______ path
with a radius equal to the distance from the focal spot to the center of rotation - Answer:
spiral/helical
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The process related to the first computed tomography scanner was called ________ - Answer:
computerized transverse axial scanning
Tomography is a method of imaging various planes in the body. Motion is used to _________
certain portions of the patient's anatomy in order to see a particular ________ better - Answer:
blur, location
Modern CT scanners can only image the body in the axial plane - Answer: false
Modern CT scanners can measure the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries - Answer: true
Which of the following sources of radiation were used in Hounsfield's first primitive CT
scanner? - Answer: Americium
First generation scanners were only capable of imaging the: - Answer: head/brain
What Houndfield Unit is assigned to water? - Answer: 0
Modern CT scanners use a/an _________ to produce the radiation needed to image the patient -
Answer: x ray tube
Modern CT scanners allow the entire data acquisition and reconstruction process to be completed
in typically less than ________ seconds - Answer: 20
Unlike conventional CT scanning, in Volume Scanning the x ray tube traces a/an _______ path
with a radius equal to the distance from the focal spot to the center of rotation - Answer:
spiral/helical
1
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