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Imaging Equipment. Chap 1 Concepts, Chap 2 Structure

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____ is anything that occupies space   show
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the fundamental building blocks of matter are   show
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prefix kilo stands for ______. So, a kilogram is equal to how many grams?   show
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International system (SI) energy is measured in _____. In radiology the unit ______ is often used.   show
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show to do work by virtue of position  
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energy of motion is   show
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show dynamite, or metabolizing food (energy released by a chemical reaction)  
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show thermal energy (heat)  
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show energy that is contained within the nucleus of an atom  
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Theory of relativity?   show
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show E=mc^2 (E is energy, m is mass, c is velocity/speed of the radiation)  
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Radiation is   show
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show removing an orbital electron from the atom with which it interacts.  
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show an ion pair.  
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Two main categories of sources of ionizing radiation   show
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Natural environmental radiation results in an annual dose of approx. ________. Man-made radiation results in _________ annually.   show
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show cosmic rays, terrestrial rad, internally deposited radionuclides, and radon.  
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show cosmic rays  
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show terrestrial  
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show radon  
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radon is a radioactive gas that is produced by   show
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____ emits alpha particles, which are not penetrating, and therefore contributes a radiation dose only to the lung   show
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show november 8, 1895  
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Roentgen produced and published the first medical x-ray image in ____, it was an image of what?   show
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x-ray voltages are measured in ______.   show
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show 1000  
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show milliampere (mA), ampere (A) is a measure of electrical current. (Milli is prefix for 1/1000.)  
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show 1898 by Thomas Edison.  
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Who is Clarence Dally? Why is he important?   show
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William D. Coolidge unveiled his hot-cathode x-ray tube to the medical community when?   show
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X-ray tubes used today are refinements of the ___ tube. What tube did Roentgen discover x-rays with?   show
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Radiology emerged as a medical specialty because of the _____ and the ________.   show
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show 1973  
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When was ASRT founded?   show
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Physics is the study of   show
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show mass, length, time  
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The second (s) is based on the vibration of atoms of   show
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Every measurement has two parts: _____ and a _____   show
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show 1R = 258 x 10^-4 c/kg  
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show velocity/speed  
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show meters per second (m/s)  
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Equation for velocity is:   show
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The rate of change of velocity with time is ________   show
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show meters per second squared (m/s^2)  
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Newtons fundamental laws of motion:   show
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Newtons first fundamental law of motion:   show
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Newtons first fundamental law: (simple)   show
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Newtons second law:   show
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show Action/reaction- for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. ("action" was newtons word for "force".. if you push on a heavy block, the block will push back with same force you apply)  
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show the product of its mass and the acceleration of gravity.  
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show momentum  
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Work is the product of ___ and ____. In mathematical terms the unit of work is the   show
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show power.  
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show kinetic (associated with motion) and potential (stored)  
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show conduction, convection, radiation.  
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show conduction. ex- when a hot object and a cold object are placed in contact.  
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show Convection. ex- steam radiator or forced air furnace heats a room.  
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show thermal radiation. ex- reddish glow emitted by hot objects.  
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show 118, 92, 26  
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___ is the smallest particle that has all the properties of _____   show
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show by the placement of electrons in each atom?  
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Elements in the same ____ reach chemically in a similar fashion and have similar physical properties   show
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Who introduced the nuclear atom model? Who improved that model, like a mini solar system?   show
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which model most accurately describes the details of the atoms atomic structure?   show
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show protons and neutrons, quarks, gluons.  
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show protons, neutrons, electrons.  
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show When precision is not necessary, mass numbers is used, its a system of whole numbers.  
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2 types of nucleons?   show
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show protons  
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show protons  
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show isotopes (same atomic #, different atomic mass)  
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The force that keeps an electron in orbit is the ____________ force. The _________ force makes it so electrons maintain their distance from the nucleus.   show
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True or false: the greater the the total # of e- in an atom, the more tightly each is bound.   show
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Atomic number is represented by ___, atomic mass is represented by ___.   show
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Atomic number (Z) is what? Atomic mass (A) is what?   show
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Atomic nuclei that have the same atomic mass # but different atomic #s are _______   show
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Atoms that have the same # of neutrons but different # of protons are _____   show
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_____ have the same atomic number and the same atomic mass number.   show
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isotoPe- same Proton. isobAr- same A (atomic mass). isotoNe- same Neutron. isoMer- Metastable   show
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What is a compound?   show
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Covalent bonding is characterized by   show
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show giving up an electron, resulting in opposite electrostatic charges.  
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show an atom, a molecule.  
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__________ is the spontaneous emission of particles and energy in order to become stable   show
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show radioisotopes, decay.  
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Radioisotopes can decay to stability in many ways, but two are:   show
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show Beta  
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show Beta. (looses an e-, simultaneously a neutron transforms to a proton)  
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show alpha  
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What emession (beta or alpha) looses 2 units of positive charge and four units of mass? (chemically different and lighter by 4 amu)   show
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show beta. only heavy radioisotopes are capable of alpha.  
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show the half life of a radioisotope is the time required for a quantity of radioactivity to be reduced to one-half its original value.  
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show kinetic energy transferred from photons to e- during ionization and excitation.  
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show joules per kilogram where 1J/kg is 1 gray (Gya)  
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Air kerma (Gya) is the unit of   show
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The gray (Gyt) is the unit of   show
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show sievert (Sv)  
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The ____ is the unit of quantity of radioactive material, not the radiation emitted by that material   show
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show particulate and electromagnetic radiation  
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show particulate  
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show alpha and beta particles  
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___ particles contain 2 neutrons and 2 protons, no e- which makes them dangerous due to the positive charge. ____ particles is an e- emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive atom.   show
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show groups, periods.  
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Some atoms, which contain too many or too few neutrons, can disinegrate. this is called   show
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