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Physics chps 8-10

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A radiographic image is a result of   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   primary x-ray beam loses energy as it interacts with anatomic tissues  
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t/f: x-rays have the ability to eject electrons (ionization) from atoms within anatomic tissue   true  
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ionization   ejection of electrons from atoms  
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3 primary processes occur during x-ray interaction with anatomic tissue   absorption, transmission, scattering  
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scattering aka   compton  
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total absorption of the incoming x-ray photon is a result of   photoelectric effect  
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scattering of incoming x-ray photon is a result of   Compton effect  
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Scatter radiation reaching the IR provides...and creates...on the radiograpgh   no useful info; unwanted density/fog  
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Complete absorption of incoming x-ray occurs when it has enough energy to...   remove/eject an inner-shell electron  
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attenuation   reduction in energy of primary x-ray beam as it passes through anatomic tissue  
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Coherent scattering   incoming photon interacts with atom causing it to become excited, x-ray does not lose energy but changes direction  
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energy of coherent scattering   low energy, below diagnostic range  
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coherent aka   thompson or classical  
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coherent energy in kvp   10 kVp or less  
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Compton effect   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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compton aka   scatter, recoil  
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differential absorption   some of x-ray beam is absorbed in tissue and some passes through(transmits) the anatomic part  
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exit radiation   attenuated beam leaves patient  
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exit radiation composed of   transmitted and scattered radiation  
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photoelectric effect has enough energy to...   remove(eject) inner shell electron.  
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higher kVp = ...scatter   more  
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photoelectron   ejected electron resulting from total absorption of photon during photoelectric effect interaction  
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remnant radiation aka   exit radiation  
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Scattering   some incoming photons are not absorbed, but instead lose energy during interactions with atoms comprising tissue and change direction and may leave anatomic part  
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does transmission radiation interact with atomic structures   no  
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results in process of image formation, whereby x-ray beam interacts with anatomic tissue and a portion of beam strikes IR   differential absorption  
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loss of some energy from xray beam as it passes through tissue being imaged   attenuation  
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process of removing an electron from an atom   ionization  
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when xray photon strikes an atom within tissue being imaged and loses all of its energy to an inner shell electron of that atom, the photon is said to have been... and undergone...   absorbed, photoelectric interaction  
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coherent regarding direction and interaction   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...   scattered, compton interaction  
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photoelectric deals with ... shell   inner  
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t/f:coherent changes direction   true  
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outer shell electron that is ejected during compton interaction is aka   secondary electron, compton electron  
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can compton effect strike the IR, resulting in useful anatomic info   no  
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t/f: compton interaction can occur within all diagnostic xray energies   true  
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T/F: any time tissue is hit = scatter   true  
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T/F: compton interactions are most likely to occur in soft tissue as compared to bone   false, density does not matter  
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T/F: density does not matter with compton interactions   true  
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meV of pair production   1.02 meV  
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meV of photodisintegration   10 meV  
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interactions of low energy xrays (below diagnostic range) with tissue include:   coherent scattering  
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xray beam that leaves patient in direction of IR is often referred to as   exit radiation  
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unwanted density on a radiograph due to scatter radiation   fog (washes out image)  
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At higher kilovoltage, ... photon interactions occur, resulting in...transmission   fewer, increased  
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if kVp goes up, mAs...   divide by 2  
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if kVp goes down...%, mAs...   15%, multiply by 2  
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efficiency of xray production increases as ... increase   kVp  
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penetrability of an xray beam   quality  
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beam quality is affected by   kVp and filtration  
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image contrast is affected by   beam quality/kVp  
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Half value layer of beam measures beam ...   quality  
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HVL is lowered by a decrease in ...   kVp  
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main purpose of added filtration   reduce patient dose  
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two primary forms of xray interaction in diagnostic range   compton scattering, photoelectric absorption  
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thompson aka   classical  
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outer shell electron is ejected and atom is ionized with ... interactions   compton  
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Xray interaction that involves ejection of K-shell electron   photoelectric  
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As kVp ... probability of photoelectric absorption ...   increases, decreases  
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complete absorption of incident xray photon with ... effect   photoelectric  
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... occurs only at very high energies used in radiation therapy and nuclear medicine PET imaging   pair production  
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only at energies above 10 MeV ... can take place   photodisintegration  
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attenuation is caused by   absorption and scattering  
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negative contrast agent   air  
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barium is a good contrast agent because   of its high atomic #  
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at energies below 40 KeV, predominant xray interaction in soft tissue and bone is   photoelectric absorption  
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Find following: 200 mA, .05 sec, 70 kVp ... mA, .01 sec, 80 kVp   200 mA x .05 sec = 10 mAs kVp increases by 15%, mAs/2 mAs = 5 500 x .01 secs=5 answer = 500 mA  
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Find following: 400 mA, .06 sec, 80 kVp 200 mA, ... sec, 80 kVp   400 mA x .06 sec = 24 answer = .12 sec  
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increase in kVp results in increase in   radiation quality  
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increase in mAs will increase ...   xray quantity  
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purpose of wedge filter   produce a uniform xray beam intensity at IR  
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purpose of adding filtration to an xray beam   remove low energy xrays  
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process that contributes most to the radiographic image   photoelectric effect  
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high kVp in chest xrays will increase/decrease contrast/patient dose or demonstrate spine?   decrease patient dose  
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radiographic quality is combination of   both visibility (photographic properties) and sharpness (geometric properties of recorded detail  
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visibility is aka   photographic properties  
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sharpness is aka   geometric properties  
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visibility of recorded detail is achieved by   proper balance of radiographic density and radiographic content  
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radiographic density -controlled by   the amount of oeverall blackness produced on image after processing -miliamperage and exposure time selected  
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a change in mAs results in direct change in   radiographic density  
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to maintain density, milliamperage and ... have an inverse relationship   exposure time  
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if mA increases, sec ... to maintain density   decreases  
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... changes the penetrating power of xray beam and has a direct effect on density   kilovotage  
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if kVp increase, scatter ...   increases  
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% of mAs needed to see changes on film   30%  
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% of kVp needed to see changes on film   15%  
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if SID increases, density ... -unless   decreases -compensating a change on film  
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changing SID and/or film-screen speed requires an adjustment in ... to maintain density   mAs  
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increased film speed = ... density and ... resolution   increased density, decreased resolution  
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radiographic contrast is combined result of -affects ... of recorded detail   IR contrast and subject contrast -visibility  
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a radiograph with few densities but great differences among them is said to have ... -described as ...   high contrast -short scale contrast  
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a radiograph with a large number of densities but little differences among them is said to have ... -described as ...   low contrast -long-scale contrast  
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kilovoltage has an inverse relationship with   radiographic contrast  
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high kVp will create an image with ... contrast and low kVp will create and image with ... contrast   low, high  
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increasing amount of scatter radiation reaching image receptor creates ... on image and will decrease ...   fog, contrast  
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exposure factors may need to be modified for ... patients   pediatric  
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increased collimation = ... density   decreased  
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thicker part = ... + ... decreased   density and contrast  
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film processing affects ... because ... is either too much or too little   contrast negatively, density  
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film speed increases, mAs ... and density ...   mAs decreases, density increases  
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kVp increases, contrast ... or more ...   decreases, more grays  
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total absorption   photoelectric affect  
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positive contrast agent   barium  
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more mAs = more ...   quantity/dose  
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if you decrease/increase distance, you need to decrease/increase   mAs  
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# of xrays in useful beam = ...   quantity  
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quantity proportional to   mAs  
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if distance decreases by 1/2, intensity goes up by ...   4 times  
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intensity is always ... when distance is decreased   squared  
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if filter thickness increases, intensity ...   decreases  
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if quantity is doubled, optical density...   goes up by 2 (20 mAs -> 40 mAs)  
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intensity is aka   kVp  
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optical density is aka   mAs  
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if kVp increase by 15%, mAs increases by ... %   100% 70 kVp, 20 mAs --> 80 kVp, 40 mAs  
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intensity formula   mAs1/mAs2 = d2/d1  
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beam quality affected by 2   kVp, filtration  
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beam quality NOT affected by ... 2   mAs, distance  
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image contrasted is affected by   kVp  
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quality improves by increased   beam filtration (eliminates lower energies)  
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if filtration is increased, quality ... and quantity ...   quality increases, quantity decreases  
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energy loss at coherent   none  
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coherent energy level   10 kVp or less  
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coherent interaction   capture and release  
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interaction where atom is ionized (outer shell kicked out)   compton/recoil  
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T/F: with compton interaction, electron retains most of its energy   true  
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direction compton can be directed   any angle  
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if kVp increases, there is going to be less of ... interaction   photoelectric (absorption)  
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2 interactions at a higher energy radiation than diagnostic   photodisintegration and pair production  
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photodisintegration occurs at ... energy level   10 meV  
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pair production occurs at ... energy level   1.02 meV  
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higher k-shell binding energy is directly proportional to what characteristic of atom   high atomic number  
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greatest mAs density in body   bone  
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image fog is caused by   compton  
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differential absorption depends on 3   kVp, atomic number and mAs  
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attenuation is caused by   absorption and scatter  
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transmitted means   radiation that went through patient  
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xrays transmitted w/o ... contribute to image   interaction  
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absorbed xrays contribute to ... radiation   scatter  
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spatial resolution improves with   less motion/geometric blur  
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speed = less ... and more ...   less detail, more noise  
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density   overall blackening of a radiograph  
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mAs determines the ... that wil be produced   quantity (number) of xrays  
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an increase in mAs will result in an increase in   density  
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the controlling factor for density is ... because ...   mAs, because it affects density but not any other radiographic qualities  
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... is directly proportional to density   mAs  
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in order to make a significant change in density, mAs should be increased/decreased by ...   increased by 100% or decreased by 50%  
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an increase in kVp will result in an ... in density because of   increase; more scatter  
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it only takes ... kVp to double density of a radiograph   15%  
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... determines intensity of xray beam   SID  
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an increase in SID will ... density   decrease  
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two types of filtrations   beam and compensating  
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beam filtration amount   2.5 Al  
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beam filtration filters   low energy xrays from xray beam  
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beam filtration above 2.5 Al will result in   a decrease in density  
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compensating filter is designed to compensate for   differences in tissue thicknesses  
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an increase in the thickness of a compensating filter will result in ... in density   decrease  
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increased of distance does not change ...   kVp  
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... distance = better detail   further distance  
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filtration measured in   millimeters of aluminum  
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amount of inherent filtration   .5 mm Al  
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inherent filtration found in   glass tube  
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anode heel effect   greatest intensity on cathode side of tube  
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body habitus   form of body  
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high contrast   radiograph with few densities but great differences among them  
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high contrast aka   short scale contrast  
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long scale contrast   radiograph with large number of densities but little differences among them  
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long scale contrast aka   low contrast  
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OID   object to distance distance  
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radiographic contrast can aka   grays  
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radiographic density   overall blackness produced on image after processing  
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short scale contrast   radiograph with few densities but great differences  
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short scale contrast aka   high contrast  
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SID   distance between source of radtiatin and IR  
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brightness aka   grays  
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changing kVp, etc. in digital imaging will only change contrast as it relates to   scatter radiation  
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few densities = ... scale contrast   short  
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several densities = ... scale contrast   long  
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total amount of filtration   2.5 mm Al  
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if using barium you need to adjust kVp by ... it   increasing  
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... kVp used with iodine contrast   70 or below  
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if filament temperature increases, there is ... mAs   more  
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square law   mAs1/mAs2 =d1(squared)/d2(squared)  
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too much filtration cuts down on ...   useful xrays  
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with hardening, only ... xrays come through   high quality  
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trough filtration used for   chest xrays  
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more distance needs more ... but ... doesnt change   mAs, kVp  
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