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What are the two basic properties of X-Ray Beam?   Quantity and Quality  
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What are the 3 factors of quantity?   Amount, Intensity, and Exposure Rate  
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What are the 3 factors of quality?   Strength, Penetrating Power, and Hardness  
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What the 4 factors that directly control intensity?   mAs, kVp, SID/FFD, OID/OFD  
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1000 mAs=   1 As  
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1000 V =   1 kVp  
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What does SID and FFD mean?   Source to image recptor distance and focal film distance  
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What does OID/OFD mean?   Object to image receptor distance and object to film distance  
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mAs is ______ ______ to density   directly proportional  
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The amount of blackness on the film   Density  
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What ever you do to mAs you should you do to density?   the same thing  
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The density produced on the film will be directly proportional to the exposure recieved by the film   Reciprocity law  
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When you increase mAs what does that do to the electrons?   increases the number of projectile electrons boiled off at the filament of the x-ray tube (thermionic emission)  
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What happens to the photons during thermionic emission?   It increases the number of photons produced at the anode  
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A minimum change of at least___ in mAs is required to produce a significant increase or decrease in density   30%  
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If you were using 10 mAs and the film came out too light what would you do and what is your new mAs?   you would increase you mAs by 30% which is 13 because 30% of 10 is 3 the add that to 10  
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If your film came out too dark when using a 20mAs what would you do?   you would decrease 20mAs by 30% which would give you 14  
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mAs =   mA x Time  
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what is the decimal and millisecond of 1/10   .10 and 100 1 divide by 10 is .10 then .10 multiplied by 1000 is 100  
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what does kVp stand for   kilovoltage Peaks  
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What does the kVp affect   bothe the wavelength and the frequency of the x-ray photon  
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As kVp is increased how is the wavelength and frequency affected?   the wavelength of the photon is decreases and the frequency is increased  
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what is the controlling factor of contrast   kVp  
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the percentage of the differences between the extreme blacks and whites on the radiograph   Contrast  
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If you increase kVp what do you do to contrast   decrease contrast  
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when you increase constrast what do you do to the inensity   increase it  
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when you increase kVp what do you do to density   increase density  
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what is the rule when increasing kVp or decreasing kVp does it do to density   15% rule if you increase by 15% you double density but if you subtract 15% you cut density in half  
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There is a minimum change of____ in kVp that is required before a visible change in density can be seen   8%  
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Pathological conditions that alter normal tissue in such a way to make it hard to penetrate (radiopaque)   Additive disease  
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Pathological condition that alters normal tissue in such a way to make it easier to penetrate (radiolucent)   destructive  
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Tell in the next 41 sildes whether they are additive or destructive and what do you do to mAs or kVp    
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Proliferative Arthritis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Bone callus   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Exostosis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Hydrocephalus   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Osteochondroma   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Osteopetrosis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Osteoma   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Padgets Disease   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Osteoarthritis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Acromegaly   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Sclerosis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Pneumonia   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Pneumoconiosis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Atelectasis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Pulmonary edema   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Lung Abscess   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Pleural Effusion   Additive increase 35% mAs  
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Cardiomegaly   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Pericardial Effusion   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Hydrothorax   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Aneurysm   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Ascites from Hepatic Cirrhosis   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Ascites from bowel perforation   Additive increase 50% mAs  
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Edema   Additive increase 10% kVp  
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Morbid obesity   Additive increase 10% kVp  
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Destructive arthritis   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Necrosis   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Osteopenia   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Osteomalacia   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Atrophy   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Bone Abscess   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Osteoporosis   Destructive decrease 15% kVp  
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Emphysema   Destructive decrease 15% kVp  
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Pneumothorax   Destructive decrease 15% kVp  
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Ileus   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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Emaciation   Destructive decrease 10% kVp  
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How do you double the density of 80 kVp   take 15% of 80 which is 12 the add 12 to 80 which gives you 92  
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How to you cut the density in halp when using 60kVp   you take 15% of 60 which is 9 then subtract 60-9 which gives you 51  
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If you increase the SID what do you do to the intensity of the beam and why   decrease it because of the divergence of the beam  
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There must be a ____ chang in distance to cause a visible change in density and require an adjustetment in technique   20%  
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SID and density are   inversely proportional  
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The intensity or exposure rate of radiation is inversely propotional to the square of the distance from the point of source   Inverse Square Law  
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if the orginal intensity was 200mR and the orginal distance was 40 what will the new intensity be if the new distance is 60   88.89mR  
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If the orginal mAs was 5 and the orginal distance is 40 what new mAs should be used to compensate for the distance changing to 80   20 mAs  
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What are the prime factors of the x-ray beam   Density, Contrast, Detail, and distortion  
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The overall backness on the radiograph   density  
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What is density compromised of   Primary, Remnant, scatter/secondary radiation  
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Radiation exiting the tube   Primary Radiation  
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Primary radiation that exits the patient. This is the image forming part of the beam   Remnant Radiation  
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Primary radiation that has changed direction or has produced other radiation that travels in a different direction   Scattered/ Secondary Radiation  
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What are the 4 body habitus   Hyppersthenic, Sthenic, Hyposthenic, and Asthenic  
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Large body Frame   Hypersthenic  
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Average size patient   Sthenic  
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A thin patient   Hyposthenic  
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Athin patient with a very small body frame   Asthenic  
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What body habitus requires the highest exposure   Hypersthenic  
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What body habitus requires the lowest exposure setting   Asthenic  
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Tissue that allows radiation to pass through freely   Radiolucent  
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Appears darker on the radiograph   Radiolucent  
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Tissue that absorbs radiation   radiopaque  
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Appears lighter on the film   radiopaque  
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Instrument used to measure the thickness of a body part   Calipers  
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Where do you palce the caliper on the body   where the central ray will enter the body  
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You shoul never______ the caliper   squeeze  
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What is the rule in changes for the average thickness of the body tissue   As a general rule, add 2Kvp for every centimeter increase in tissue thickness and subtract 2 kVp for every centimeter decrease in tissue thickness from the average size part  
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The intensity across the beam can vary as much as _____   45%  
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The is caused by increased absorption of the primary beam by the heel of the anode/target   Heel effect  
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This is more noticeable as the SID is lowered   The heel effect  
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What does the smaller focal spot affect   The larger field size will be and thegreater the heel effect  
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The cathode side of the tube should be placed where and why?   over the thicker part of the anatomy to produce a more uniform density (dorsal spine and femur)  
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what is the photographic effect equation   (mA)(time)(kVpsquare)/Distance in cm squared  
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1 inch equals how many centimeters   2.54  
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What is the equation for exposure   multiply you answer for photographic effect by 15  
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If you increase mA what do you do to density   increase density  
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If you increase exposue time what do you do to density   icrease density  
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If you increase kV what do you do to density   increase density  
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If you increase SID what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase OID what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase screen speed what do you do to density   Increase density  
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If you increase film speed what do you do to density   Increase density  
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If you increase grid factor what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase beam restrition what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase beam filtration what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase Collimation what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase the thickness of the part what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase Compression what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you decrease atom # what do you do to density   decrease density  
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If you increase processsing time/temp what do you do to density   increase density  
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If you increase the focal spot what do you do to density   no effect  
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If you increase image receptor angulation what do you do to density   no effect  
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