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Radiation Safety Part 1 - Biological Aspects of Radiation

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show Deterministic or non-stochastic  
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show Stochastic or probabilistic  
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What is described as a measure of the rate at which energy is transferred from ionizing radiation to soft tissue?   show
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show Genetic effects, radiation -induced cancer,, leukemia  
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show Non linear(Sigmoid), threshold dose response curve  
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What type of effects are described as "those biologic somatic effects of ionizing radiation that exhibit a threshold dose below which the effect doses not normally occur and above which the severity of the biologic damage increases??   show
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What is the cellular component having the greatest radiobiological significance?   show
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show Oxygen Increases Radiosensitivity  
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Which of the following ionizing radiations has the highest LET? Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-ray   show
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show Acute Radiation Syndrome  
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List three major types of acute radiation syndrome.   show
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show Hematological (Hematopoietic)  
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show 1, 1, 20  
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Describe the energy and LET of occupational radiation.   show
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Give two examples of common local tissues that can be affected by ionization radiation   show
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Erythema can be an effect of excessive ionizing radiation exposure to what body part?   show
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List the following in order of decreasing radiosensitivity: skin, lungs, gonads, liver   show
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Radiation -induced biologic damage organisms is termed ____ effects   show
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show Deterministic  
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show 150 msv  
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show 50 msv  
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NCRP limit for Occupational Dose for Thyroid (Deterministic effects)   show
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show .5 msv  
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NCRP limit for Occupational Dose for Embryo/Fetus Gestation   show
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show 15 msv  
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NCRP limit for Public dose for infrequent exposures - Somatic effects   show
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NCRP limit for Public Dose for frequent exposures - Somatic effects   show
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NCRP limit for Occupational Dose for Deterministic effects - hands, feet, arms   show
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show 50 msv  
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Somatic effects that occur within minutes, hours, days, or weeks after the initial irradiation are termed ____   show
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show 1 gy  
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The latent period in the ARS decreases as radiation exposure ______________   show
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show The presence of oxygen increases cell/tissue radiosensitivty  
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What is LD 50/30 for adult humans?   show
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A dose of 2 gy to the skin can cause a radiation induced reddening termed _____   show
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Ionizing radiation induced hair loss is termed _______   show
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What is the name of the particularly radiosensitive sex cell?   show
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What is the target organ believed responsible for radiation induced leukemia?   show
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show 2 gy  
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show 1st trimester  
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What is defined as " the estimated dose to the gonads that , if received by the total population gene pool, would produce the total genetic effect on the population as the sum of the individual doses actually received"?   show
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show When gonads are within 5cm of collimated primary beam, when patient is of reproducible age, and when clinical exam allows  
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show the lens of the eye, the breasts, and gonads  
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show 50  
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show 90-95  
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List 4 types of late effects of ionizing radiation exposure   show
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What skin layer is the most sensitive?   show
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show Compton and photoelectric  
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show Compton  
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show Photoelectric  
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Which of the major interactions between x-ray photons and tissue cells results in total absorption of the incident photon?`   show
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Which of the major interactions between x-ray photons and tissue cells is a major contributor to patient dose?   show
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Which of the major interactions between x-ray photons and tissue cells predominates in the diagnostic x-ray range?   show
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Which of the major interactions between x-ray photons and tissue cells is responsible for scattered radiation fog?   show
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Which of the major interactions between x-ray photons and tissue cells poses a radiation hazard to personnel?   show
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show Compton  
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show Photoelectric  
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Which interaction between x-ray photons and matter is most damaging to the diagnostic image?   show
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Which interaction between x-ray photons and matter involves the greatest patient dose?   show
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show Coherent  
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show Compton  
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show Photoelectric  
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show Compton  
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show Photoelectric  
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Which interaction between x-ray photons and matter is most likely to produce short-scale contrast?   show
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show Filters (Aluminum, Copper, Tin)  
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Which of the following three types of dosimeters is the most sensitive? TLD, or OSL?   show
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What are the two weighing factors that are used to determine the Sievert?   show
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Are radiation induced cataracts considered early or late effects?   show
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show leukopenia (decreased white blood cells), nausea  
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