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WHAT IS THE SMALLEST PARTICLE OF SUBSTANCE?   MOLECULE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE AND IS COMPOSED OF ATOMS  
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WHAT IS TE COMPOSITION OF AN ATOM?   NUCLEUS-PROTON(+), NEUTRON(0 CHARGE) & ELECTRON(-)  
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WHAT SHELL IS CLOSEST TO THE NUCLEUS?   K SHELL, HIGH ENERGY PHOTON ARE REQUIRED TO REMOVE ELECTRONS  
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WHAT IS IONIZING RADIATION?   PRODUCTION OF ION BY ADDING OR REMOVING ELECTRON TO ATOM  
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WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF IONIZING RADIATION?   PARTICULATE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC  
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WHAT IS PARTICULATE RADIATION?   DECAYING SUBSTANCES: PARTICLES THAT POSSESS MASS, TRAVEL IN STRAIGHT LINES, TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEEDS, TRANSMIT KINETIC ENERGY  
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WHAT IS ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION?   X-RAYS, GAMMA RAYS, ETC: WAVELIKE MOVEMENT, W/O MASS, POLYCHROMATIC  
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN X-RAYS AND GAMMA RAYS?   X-RAYS SOURCE IS ELECTRONS WITHIN X-RAY TUBE, EMITTED DURING DECELERATION OF HIGH ENERGY ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS SOURCE IS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, THOUGH HAS SAME WAVELENGTH AS X-RAYS  
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WHAT IS X-RADIATION?   HIGH ENERGY, IONIZING, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION: SHORT WAVELENGTH, HIGH FREQUENCY, AND HAVE PHOTON ENERGY  
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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DECREASE WAVELENGTH?   INCREASE FREQUENCY, INCREASE ENERGY, INCREASE PENETRATION  
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WHAT OCCURS TO HIGH ATOMIC # DURING X-RADIATION?   INCREASE THICKNESS & DENSITY = INCREASE ABSORPTION  
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WHAT ARE X-RAYS?   BUNDLES F ENERGY WITH 0 CHARGE, TRAVEL IN WAVES, HAS NO MASS, AND CAN CAUSE BIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN LIVING THINGS  
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WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF X-RAY TUBES?   VACUUM TUBE, (1)HIGH VOLTAGE, (2)SOURCE OF ELECTRONS, (3)TARGET/FOCAL SPOT, FILTRATION, COLLIMATION, PRIMARY BEAM  
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WHAT IS THE IDEAL KVP?   65-100; AFFECTS QUALITY BY CONTROLLING VOLTAGE  
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WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF ELECTRONS?   MADE OF TUNGSTEN; MA CONTROLS AMT OF CURRENT/# OF ELECTRONS  
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WHAT IS THE IDEAL MA?   5-15  
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WHAT IS THERMIONIC EMISSION EFFECT?   ELECTRON CLOUD; BOILING OFF OF ELECTRONS FROM THE FILAMENT  
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WHAT IS THE TARGET/FOCAL SPOT?   MADE OF TUNGSTEN, STOPS ELECTRONS  
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WHEN ELECTRONS STRIKE TARGET, ENERGY PRODUCES WHAT?   1% X-RAYS & 99% HEAT  
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WHAT DISSAPATES HEAT GENERATED?   COPPER SLEEVE & OIL  
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WHAT DOES FILTRATION DO?   REMOVES LONG, NON-PENETRATING WAVES FROM HETEROGENEOUS X-RAY BEAM: ALUMINUM DISK 1.5-2.5 MM  
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WHAT DOES COLLIMATION DO?   LEAD DIAPHRAM WITH A HOLE, RESTRICTS SIZE AND SHAPE OF BEAM, CIRCULAR OR RECTANGULAR, FED.REGULATION - 2.75 INCH BEAM  
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WHAT IS THE USEFUL BEAM?   PRIMARY BEAM -> FILTRATION + COLLIMATION  
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WHAT ARE THE TWO ELECTRODES IN THE X-RAY TUBE?   ANODE(+) AND CATHODE(-)  
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EFFECTIVE FOCAL AREA IS SMALLER THAN ____ FOCAL AREA   ACTUAL  
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ELECTRONS VEER OFF COURSE, DUE TO A REDUCTION OF SPEED ARE REFERRED TO AS?   BREMSSTRAHLUNG  
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BLOCKING CURRENT DURING 1/2 OF A CYCLE IS CALLED?   RECTIFICATION  
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WHAT COMPONENT DIRECTS ELECTRONS TOWARD THE TARGET?   FOCUSING CUP  
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THE PID STANDS FOR   PATIENT INDICATOR DEVICE  
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THE X-RAY MACHINE OPERATES ON AN ELECTRIC CURRENT THAT HAS HOW MANY CYCLES/SEC?   60  
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X-RAYS LEAVE THE TUBE THROUGH WHAT?   PORTE  
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THE CENTER OF THE X-RAY BEAM IS CALLED?   CENTRAL RAY  
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