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Final Review-Radiologic Technology

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Keeping the last image displayed on the monitor   Last image hold  
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The time it takes for the x-ray tube to be switched off   extinction time  
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Grouping sets of 4 smaller pixels together to form a larger effective pixel when taking spot films   binning  
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Actual radiographic technique factors area adjusted to compesate for fluctuations   ABS  
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Amplification of the electronic signal (current) is increased or decreased as needed by the circuits   AGC  
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A series of short visual checks, rather than continuous fluoro, dramatically reduces cumulative exposure to the patient   intermittent fluoro  
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Scattered random light from the output phosphor   veiling glare  
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Lower frame rates than realtime fluoro/ automatically spreads out the fluoro on time to reduce patient dose   pulsed fluoro  
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Indicates the emission of light   scintillation  
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Reduces the FOV on the input phosphor   magnification mode  
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Slight magnification and increased blur around the periphery of the image   pin cushion distortion  
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Loss of brightness toward the periphery of the image   vignetting  
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The ratio of input area to the output area of the image intensifier   minification  
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converts the xray image into an electron beam that will be accelerated and focused for intesification onto a TV   Image intesnsifier  
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The time it takes for the xray tube to be switched on   interrogation time  
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T/F Grid cut-off is not an issue in fluoroscopy   TRUE  
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Primary source of operator radiation exposure during fluoroscopy   Patient  
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Image intensifiers at a basic technological level   Energy conversion tubes  
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What negatively impacts spatial resolution in fluoroscopy   Binnning  
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Concentration of electrons onto an output phosphor much smaller than the input phosphor   Minification  
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How long the x-ray is off for   pulse interval  
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smaller anatomical area is displayed with the same number of pixels available on the monitor   multifield intensification  
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number of photons generated at the output phosphor for every photon generated at the input phosphor   flux gain  
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Increases by the mAs setting as more photon flux is needed   pulse height  
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Duty Cycle   Pulse width  
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Advantages of the flat panel detector over the conventional image intesifier. (3 things)   High SNR More FOV Wide dynamic Range  
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Who invented the fluoroscope   Thomas Edison  
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II concave shape main purpose   distance between photocathode and output phosphor is exactly equal  
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Fluoro grids match   Input phosphor (circular)  
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Key advantage of spot filming as compared to the dynamic image   improved spatial resolution  
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Stopping and starting fluoroscopy using a dead-man's switch and under manual control of exposures   intermittent fluoroscopy  
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In order to shift the electron stream focal point to the correct position in a multi-field image intensifier   a stronger negative charge is placed on the electrostatic focusing lens  
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Minimum source to table distance of a mobile fluoroscopic unit within QC measures   30 cm (12 inches)  
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To maintain the same brightness gain, a decrease in flux gain would require   Increase in minification gain  
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Longer widths of pulsed fluoro results in   Increased patient exposure (and more blurring)  
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Conventional fluoroscopic mA is usually about   0.5-5 mA  
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FPD fluoroscopy (3 things)   cover more anatomy than i.i. Rectangular shape Capable of radiographic exposures  
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Major distinction between digital and flat panel fluoroscopy system designs is the position of   fluoroscopic xray tube  
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When utilizing Mag mode 2, what should you except to happen when switching to mode 1   Decreased spatial resolution  
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What two things happen with mag mode will increase   patient exposure, Resolution  
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Describe the term "gain" in I.I.   Amplification of electrical signals  
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Product of minification gain and flux gain is calculated to determine   Total brightness gain  
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two types of electrical devices that will change the level of brightness to compensate for differences in part thickness and tissue density   automatic stabilization control Automatic gain control  
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placing the tube beneath the patient beneficial   more intense radiation levels below the knees of the operator  
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Volt potential difference needed to accelerate electrons rom the cathode side to the anode side of I.I.   25,000-30,000  
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Electronically, functional unit of FPD in fluoro   DEL  
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Operating the image intensifier tube in the____ mode can help reduce pincushion distortion   magnified  
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Photocathode is an electrical device which emits   electrons  
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T/F Placing a fluoroscopy room too close to an MRI department, could cause a distortion artifact to an image intensifier system   True  
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The output phosphor of an I.I. changes _______ energy into ________energy   electron;light  
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CCD video imaging uses what type of technology   Solid-state computer chip  
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T/F Longer frame rates allow less smearing if a fluoroscopic procedure requires panning or sweeping   False  
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The product of minification gain and flux gain is calculated to determine   Total brightness gain  
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For image intensifiers, there are two types of electrical devices that will change the level of brightness to compensate for differences in part thickness and tissue density, the automatic stabilization control   Automatic gain control  
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Placing the x-ray tube beneath the patient..   Beneficial because there is more intense radiation levels below the knees of the operator  
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What is the volt potential difference needed to accelerate electrons from the cathode side to the anode side of an image intensifier   25,000-30,000  
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Electronically, the functional unit of FPD in fluoroscopy is the   Detector element (DEL)  
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T/F Signal to Noise (SNR) ratios should be kept as high as possible   True  
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What innovative software is strongly recommended for all mobile and trauma x-ray procedures, allows to work as the patient lies. No grid cutoff from angling, alignment and positioning   Virtual grid software  
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T/F High DQE, like 0.8, reflects a low transfer of information from the detector to the output image   False  
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If the dynamic range or bit depth of a digital processing system is too limited, it is possible for ________ to occur when either brightness or contrast are adjusted   Data clipping  
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Ghost images can be caused by all of these except   Under exposure of the IR  
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T/F Sudden deviations in focal spot size indicate damage to the cathode   False  
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T/F Quality Assurance is for monitoring quality patient care, and QC is about monitoring the quality of our equipment   True  
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This describes the power of the light flow (flux) traveling through space   Lumens  
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For light emitted isotropically in all directions from a source, one candela generates one lumen of light intensity per meter   Steradian  
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Spatial Frequency is measured in (three things)   LP/mm, Lp/cm, Cycles/pixels  
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"Black Bone" is another way to say the image is   Positive  
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CR QC requires beam angulation cannot be off by more than   2 degrees  
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The kVp of any x-ray beam should not deviate by more than ___% from the read-out from the kVp   5  
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Post processing technique that is key in displaying C7-T1 junctions is   Targeted area brightness  
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To prevent aliasing artifacts, a CR image should be processed with   the laser scanning lines and the short dimension of the grid lines in perpendicular  
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The post processing procedure called stitching means   2 or more images are combined together  
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Size of the projected light field (collimator) must be within plus or minus the x-ray beam   2% of SID  
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Halo Effect occurs as a result of too much   Edge enhancement  
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On SMPTE test pattern and other test patterns for electronic image display monitors, there are sets of adjacent squares with JNDs in density between them   Contrast resolution/gray scale  
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What QC calibration should fall within plus or minus 5%   exposure timer and exposure reproducibility  
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Ever radiographic image must include   Date of exam RT LT marker Patient DOB  
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Are Ei or S number required to be ON the image   No  
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The use of repeat analysis in a radiographic imaging department provides pertinent direction   Inserve topics management decisions cost-efficiency data  
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T/F DQE is better in computed Radiography vs. Indirect Radiography   False  
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Which filter application uses waves in relations to space to change/enhance the image   Frequency  
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Stationary Fluoro   38cm (15 inc)  
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X= output signal amplitude divided by input signal amplitude   MTF  
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What QC checks can be reasonably performed visually by a radiographer   Field uniformity Erasure thoroughness or ghosting Uneven spatial resolution  
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Repeat rate to strive for   3-5%  
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mA station be linear to two adjacent stations   10%  
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X= SNR squared of output divided by SNR squared of input   DQE  
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<30% from average: consistency of a single brightness level displayed across the area of the display screen   luminance uniformity  
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+/- 5% The ability to repeat the same overall technique settings and obtain the same results iin actual exposure   exposure reproducibility  
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Assesses dexel reactions to an exposure for evenness of exposure, utilize a long SID to decrease the anode-heel effect   Field uniformity  
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The thickness of absorber material required to reduce the intensity of the x-ray beam to one-half its original value-- 2.5 mm Al or more   Half-value layer  
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+/- 10% exposure accuracy linearity that requires a back up time check as a part of its QC   AEC reproducibility  
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Utilizes LP/mm on a lead template to assess focal spot accuracy   Slit camera  
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+/- 2% SID can use plexiglass cylinder or 8 pennies to measure accuracy   collimator check  
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+/- 5%; High voltage diaode or oscilloscope is used to measure accuracy   kVp calibration  
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+/- 5% monitors the time allowed for the electrons to flow from the cathode to the anode for a specific period of time   exposure timer  
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an increase in FSS at increased tube current and/or decreased tube potential; effects spatial resolution   focal spot blooming  
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Within 10% of each other; the accuracy of a particular mA station relative to the 2 adjacent mA stations   mA linierty  
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Uses a SMPTE pattern to evaluate monitor quality   image display system  
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+/- 2% SID; use a tape measure to measure from the anode (red+) to the imaging plate   distance  
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10% differences in adjacent squares on SMPTE pattern within 10% accuracy   grayscale standard display funciton  
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Artifact occurs during CR processing due to grid lines overlapping laser readouts   Miore and Aliasing  
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The minimum filtration required on an x-ray unit   2.5 mm Al equivalency  
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T/F low MTF values like 0.2, meants the image is displaying high spatial resolution/frequency   True  
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The post process procedure called translation means   an image is flipped right to left or vice versa  
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T/F HVL improves beam quality   True  
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with QC program in place, what is the majority of repeat exposure   Positioning  
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T/F CR image can avoid alignment issues if 1/4th of the image receptor is exposed   False-- Must be 1/3 of the IR  
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Single CR phosphor plate is erased and then processed without exposing it to xrays. This is a test for   intrinsic (dark) noise  
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Device designed to directly measure luminance, or the light intensity emitted from the display monitor   photometer  
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Clss 1 LCD must have _____ or fewer bad pixels across the entire area of the monitor   15  
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Dynamic range compression   Supports tissue equalization  
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How many pixels does it take for a monitor to fix a dead pixel   8  
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Represents the point in the histogram where pixels must start to be eliminated from brightness correction calculation   Smax  
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Histogram, what does the x-axis represent   Specific exposure values captured by the receptor  
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Which of the following modalities generally produces the sharpest images, due to large image matrix size and very small pixels   DR  
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Selection of a narrow window width will   increase contrast in the image  
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determined by the computer by finding the mid-point between SMIN and SMAX in the main lobe of the generated histogram for the image   exposure indicator  
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A marker for exposure quality that porvides the radiographer with an indication of accuracy of their technique   Exposure index  
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Ratio or percentage of original xray beam intensity absorbed by a particular tissue area in the patient   Attenuation coefficient  
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A post processing funciton that changes raw data into a favorable image   Rescaling  
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Quanitfies the difference between the actual EI and target EI   Deviation index  
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Range of pixel values actually present in a displayed image at 1 moment   Gray scale  
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Gradual acceptance over time to use higher radiographic exposures, and hence doses to the patient, for the same xray exam and projection   dose creep  
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Maximum shades of gray a system store for you to use per pixel   bit depth  
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Frequency of recorded exposure values recorded by the image receptor   histogram  
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Range of exposures that produce quality images at an appropriate patient dose   exposure latitude  
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Process of the ADC taking electronic signals and changing them to brightness levels displayed in pixel values   Quantization  
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Range of exposures that can be captured by the detector   Dynamic Range  
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Detector elements are responsible for capturing the aerial image and converting x-rays into   electric signals  
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T/F the more zoom applied to an image the better the spatial resolution is represented   False  
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The higher the fill factor in the dexel the _____ the spatial resolution   better  
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T/F using incorrect collimation can create a histogram analysis error   True  
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Saturation of an image occurs when   Exposing the patient to 8 times too much radiation  
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What step in digital image processing identifies the useful pixel values in an image   histogram analysis  
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Which device can be used in place of a photomultiplier tube in CR reader   CCDs  
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Histogram analysis failure is less common with DR systems because the DR algorithms use the data set for processing   only exposed dexels  
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T/F the tail lobe on a histogram represent barium or a prosthesis   False  
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xray exposure above the level of detectors dynamic range   Saturation  
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What would result in a displayed digital image which is brighter   decreased window level  
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Element for scintillation   Gadolinium oxysulfide  
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Element for Direct photoconductor   Amorphous Selenium  
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Element for the phosphor layer   Barium Fluorohalide  
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Element for Indirect Photodiode   Amorphous Silicon  
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Element for CR processor   Helium Neon  
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CR or DR Scinitllator   DR  
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CR or DR TFT   DR  
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CR or DR Digitizer   CR  
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CR or DR Translation   CR  
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CR or DR Double exposure artifacts   CR  
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CR or DR F centers   CR  
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CR or DR Radiation fog artifacts   CR  
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CR or DR Dexels   DR  
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CR or DR photostimulable phophors   CR  
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CR or DR Latent image   CR  
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What is the bit depth of a 6 bit system   64  
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Steep S curve through a histogram represents a ______ image   short gray scaled  
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Fill factor of a detector element   xray sensitive portion of the detector  
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Range of the image gray scale is controlled   window width  
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For a large abdomen which completely covers the image receptor place the expected shape of the original histogram   with no spikes, only the main lobe  
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What is the role of the PMT-Photomultiplier tube   collect and multiply the light photons  
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What aspect of an image receptor system creates bursts of light   Scintillation layer  
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T/F Cesium Iodide is an element utilized in scintillation system for a direct capture DR imaging   False-- scintillation is not used in Direct capture, just indirect  
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CR, the image information that is stored on the imaging plate prior to processing   latent image  
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Rad must view images within   the steridian  
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Device that acts as a switch to release the electric charge collected by the detector element   TFT  
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T/F Lossless compression is adequate to sustain high spatial resolution in digital imaging   True  
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Which device in the image receptor converts light into electrons   Photodiode  
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The laser light in the CR exposes the plate in a rapid back and forth motion   Raster pattern  
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Luminescence refers to a release of   light photons  
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What is the initial response of CR phosphors when the phosphor layer of the imaging plate is stimulated by xrays   Release of light photons  
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Imaging and archiving systems in radiology communicate using what digital format   DICOM  
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A reference histogram that evolves by averaging it with the previous 50 procedures   neural  
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What is the bit depth capacity of the human eye   32  
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