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Chapters 1, 2 & 22
Long Radiography essentials
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| area where patients are examined and treated. Includes consulting rooms, exam rooms, treatment rooms, laboratory facilities and x-ray department | back office |
| a public area and includes the reception desk, the patient waiting area and the desks or offices of those who deal with medical records, billing and insurance claims | front office |
| someone who performs a variety of office procedures that do not involve imaging | medical assistant |
| a radiologic technologist who has written and passed the certification examination in radiographer given by the ARRT | radiographer |
| a device that contains a moving grid | bucky (potter-bucky) |
| a device that protects the film damage and exposure to light during radiography | cassette |
| one of the two types of digital imaging systems-cassette based digital imaging because the image of the body part is obtained using storage phosphor | computed radiography (CR) |
| the threat of touching in an injurious way | assault |
| describes an attitude characterized by the calm, firm expression of feelings or opinions | assertive |
| an unlawful touching of a person without consent | battery |
| a sensitivity to the needs of others that allows one to meet those needs constructively | empathy |
| an act of negligence in the context of the relationship between a prefessional person and a patient or client | malpractice |
| beliefs or principals based on familial and societal standards that influence | morals |
| the priorities that are placed on the significance of moral concepts | values |
| establishes standards and examinations necessary to certify radiologic technologist | ARRT |
| world's oldest and largest radiologic science professional organization | ASRT |
| conducts accreditation of schools of radiologic technology | JRCERT |
| individual who is licensed to perform limited radiology procedures | LXMO |
| x-ray picture | radiograph |
| a doctor who specializes in diagnosis by means of medical imaging | radiologist |
| absorption of the x-ray beam in matter, usually the human body | attenuation |
| the area of an x-ray room that is lead lined and houses the control console | control booth |
| the part of the x-ray machine that has various knobs to set technique, and expose | Control console |
| a special mechanism that tends to stop a moving part in a specific location | detent |
| the device that receives the energy of the x-ray beam and forms the image of the body part. May be a screen-film cassette, a computed radiography image plate, or a solid-state digital receptor | Image receptor – (IR) |
| the image contained in the film before it is processed | Latent image |
| the area in which will be radiated | Radiation field |
| the radiation that exits or leaves the patient’s body and exposes the film | Remnant radiation |
| radiation that is scattered or created as a result of attenuation of the primary beam by matter; radiation that hits matter and changes direction | Scatter radiation |
| the mass density of a body part | Tissue density |
| the position of the patient in which the head is lowered at least 15 degrees | Trendelenburg position |
| barrel-shaped lead lined structure that encases the x-ray tube | Tube housing |
| the opening in the tube housing in which the primary x-ray beam exits the tube | Tube port |
| a glass vacuum tube that houses the items needed to make x-rays | x-ray tube |
| describes an attitude characterized by the angry or hostile and forceful expression of feelings or opinions | aggressive |
| the process of adding information to a document or medical record | charting |
| rules that apply values and moral standards to activities within a profession to define professional behavior | ethics |
| national characteristics of individuals originally were identified with specific areas | ethnic |
| the written acceptance of any procedure that is considered experimental or that involves substantial risk | informed consent |
| written the malicious spreading of information that results in defamation of character or loss of reputation | libel |
| the omission of reasonable care or caution | Negligence |
| – the legal doctrine which states that the employer is liable for employees’ negligent acts that occur in the course of their work | Respondeat superior |
| verbal malicious spreading of information that results in defamation of character or loss of reputation | slander |
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