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Physics chps 8-10

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show differential absorption of primary x-rays that interact with underlying tissue composition of the anatomic area of interest  
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beam attenuation occurs when   show
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show true  
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show ejection of electrons from atoms  
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3 primary processes occur during x-ray interaction with anatomic tissue   show
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show compton  
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total absorption of the incoming x-ray photon is a result of   show
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show Compton effect  
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Scatter radiation reaching the IR provides...and creates...on the radiograpgh   show
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Complete absorption of incoming x-ray occurs when it has enough energy to...   show
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attenuation   show
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show incoming photon interacts with atom causing it to become excited, x-ray does not lose energy but changes direction  
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show low energy, below diagnostic range  
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show thompson or classical  
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show 10 kVp or less  
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show loss of energy of incoming photon when it ejects an outer-shell electron from atom. remaining lower-energy photon changes direction and may leave anatomic part  
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show scatter, recoil  
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differential absorption   show
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exit radiation   show
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show transmitted and scattered radiation  
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show remove(eject) inner shell electron.  
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higher kVp = ...scatter   show
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show ejected electron resulting from total absorption of photon during photoelectric effect interaction  
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show exit radiation  
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Scattering   show
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show no  
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show differential absorption  
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loss of some energy from xray beam as it passes through tissue being imaged   show
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show ionization  
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show absorbed, photoelectric interaction  
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show changes direction, no interaction  
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when xray photon strikes an atom within tissue and loses only part of its energy to an outer shell electron of that atom, the photon is said to have been...and undergone...   show
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photoelectric deals with ... shell   show
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t/f:coherent changes direction   show
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outer shell electron that is ejected during compton interaction is aka   show
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show no  
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show true  
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T/F: any time tissue is hit = scatter   show
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show false, density does not matter  
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T/F: density does not matter with compton interactions   show
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meV of pair production   show
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show 10 meV  
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interactions of low energy xrays (below diagnostic range) with tissue include:   show
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xray beam that leaves patient in direction of IR is often referred to as   show
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show fog (washes out image)  
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show fewer, increased  
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show divide by 2  
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show 15%, multiply by 2  
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efficiency of xray production increases as ... increase   show
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penetrability of an xray beam   show
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show kVp and filtration  
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show beam quality/kVp  
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Half value layer of beam measures beam ...   show
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show kVp  
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main purpose of added filtration   show
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two primary forms of xray interaction in diagnostic range   show
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show classical  
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outer shell electron is ejected and atom is ionized with ... interactions   show
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Xray interaction that involves ejection of K-shell electron   show
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As kVp ... probability of photoelectric absorption ...   show
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show photoelectric  
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show pair production  
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show photodisintegration  
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show absorption and scattering  
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negative contrast agent   show
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barium is a good contrast agent because   show
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show photoelectric absorption  
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Find following: 200 mA, .05 sec, 70 kVp ... mA, .01 sec, 80 kVp   show
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show 400 mA x .06 sec = 24 answer = .12 sec  
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show radiation quality  
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increase in mAs will increase ...   show
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purpose of wedge filter   show
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purpose of adding filtration to an xray beam   show
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show photoelectric effect  
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high kVp in chest xrays will increase/decrease contrast/patient dose or demonstrate spine?   show
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show both visibility (photographic properties) and sharpness (geometric properties of recorded detail  
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show photographic properties  
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sharpness is aka   show
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show proper balance of radiographic density and radiographic content  
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radiographic density -controlled by   show
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show radiographic density  
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to maintain density, milliamperage and ... have an inverse relationship   show
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show decreases  
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... changes the penetrating power of xray beam and has a direct effect on density   show
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show increases  
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show 30%  
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% of kVp needed to see changes on film   show
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show decreases -compensating a change on film  
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show mAs  
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increased film speed = ... density and ... resolution   show
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radiographic contrast is combined result of -affects ... of recorded detail   show
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a radiograph with few densities but great differences among them is said to have ... -described as ...   show
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a radiograph with a large number of densities but little differences among them is said to have ... -described as ...   show
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kilovoltage has an inverse relationship with   show
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show low, high  
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show fog, contrast  
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show pediatric  
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show decreased  
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thicker part = ... + ... decreased   show
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show contrast negatively, density  
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film speed increases, mAs ... and density ...   show
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kVp increases, contrast ... or more ...   show
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show photoelectric affect  
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positive contrast agent   show
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show quantity/dose  
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if you decrease/increase distance, you need to decrease/increase   show
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# of xrays in useful beam = ...   show
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show mAs  
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show 4 times  
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intensity is always ... when distance is decreased   show
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if filter thickness increases, intensity ...   show
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if quantity is doubled, optical density...   show
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show kVp  
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show mAs  
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show 100% 70 kVp, 20 mAs --> 80 kVp, 40 mAs  
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intensity formula   show
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beam quality affected by 2   show
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beam quality NOT affected by ... 2   show
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show kVp  
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show beam filtration (eliminates lower energies)  
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show quality increases, quantity decreases  
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energy loss at coherent   show
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show 10 kVp or less  
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coherent interaction   show
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interaction where atom is ionized (outer shell kicked out)   show
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T/F: with compton interaction, electron retains most of its energy   show
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show any angle  
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show photoelectric (absorption)  
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2 interactions at a higher energy radiation than diagnostic   show
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photodisintegration occurs at ... energy level   show
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show 1.02 meV  
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higher k-shell binding energy is directly proportional to what characteristic of atom   show
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show bone  
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image fog is caused by   show
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show kVp, atomic number and mAs  
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attenuation is caused by   show
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transmitted means   show
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show interaction  
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show scatter  
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spatial resolution improves with   show
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show less detail, more noise  
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density   show
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mAs determines the ... that wil be produced   show
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an increase in mAs will result in an increase in   show
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the controlling factor for density is ... because ...   show
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... is directly proportional to density   show
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in order to make a significant change in density, mAs should be increased/decreased by ...   show
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an increase in kVp will result in an ... in density because of   show
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it only takes ... kVp to double density of a radiograph   show
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show SID  
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an increase in SID will ... density   show
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show beam and compensating  
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beam filtration amount   show
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beam filtration filters   show
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beam filtration above 2.5 Al will result in   show
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show differences in tissue thicknesses  
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show decrease  
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increased of distance does not change ...   show
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show further distance  
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filtration measured in   show
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show .5 mm Al  
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inherent filtration found in   show
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show greatest intensity on cathode side of tube  
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show form of body  
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show radiograph with few densities but great differences among them  
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high contrast aka   show
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show radiograph with large number of densities but little differences among them  
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long scale contrast aka   show
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show object to distance distance  
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show grays  
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show overall blackness produced on image after processing  
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show radiograph with few densities but great differences  
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show high contrast  
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SID   show
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show grays  
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show scatter radiation  
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show short  
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several densities = ... scale contrast   show
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total amount of filtration   show
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show increasing  
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show 70 or below  
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if filament temperature increases, there is ... mAs   show
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show mAs1/mAs2 =d1(squared)/d2(squared)  
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too much filtration cuts down on ...   show
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with hardening, only ... xrays come through   show
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trough filtration used for   show
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show mAs, kVp  
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