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chapter 21

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What is sensitometry   the measurement of the characteristic responses of film to exposure and processing  
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What is accomplished by exposing and processing film and then measuring and evaluating the resulting densities   sensitometry  
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*What method is useful in establishing, evaluating, and maintaining technical exposure factor charts and systems   *sensitometric methods  
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*Who can only perform the duties of the sensitometric methods   *qualified radiographer  
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A penetrometer, sensitometer, and a densitometer are what type of equipment   equipment for sensitometric procedures  
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What is an increasingly thick uniform absorbers made of aluminum steps, sometimes use tissue equivalent plactic   penetrometer  
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What is another name for a penetrometer   step wedge because of its shape  
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How does the penetrometer create a step wedge on radiographic film   by exposure to x-ray  
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Why is the penetrometer is a excellent method for monitoring both x-ray equipment and film/intensifying screen combinations   it reproduces the variables associated witha clinical situation  
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What is designed to expose a reproducible uniform, optical step wedge onto a film   sensitometer  
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The sensitometer contains________ (a pulse stroboscopiclight is best) and a piece of film with astandardized _________(a step tablet)   controlled intensity light source,optical step wedge image  
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*What reproduces the same amount of light each time it is triggered   *cotrolled light source  
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*What are controlled by circuits that supply an exact quanity of to a capacitor that discharges to astroboscopic light when triggered   *volume fluctuations  
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What absorbs a calibrated amount of controlled light   optical step wedge  
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The optical step wedge leaves a uniform and reproducible _________ to expose any film placed in the _________ over the optcal ste wedge   light penetrometer, sensitometer  
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What should not be touched because hands leaves a film of oil that interfers with the light intensity   optical step wedge  
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What usually increase density 100 percent by a factor of 2 per step   11 step wedge  
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What increases density up to 41 percent by a faactor of 1.41 times   21 step wedge  
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*What wedge is perfect for processor quality control monitoring   *sensitometer produced step wedge  
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*When the film is processed, what is carried backward on the emulsion as it is driven through the rollers of an automatic processor   *exhausted reducing agents and bromide ions  
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*how is the sensitometric strips fed into the automatic processor   *with either the long axis of the step wedge parallel to the entrance rollers or with the light edge entering the processor first  
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What instrument provide a readout of the amount of blackening on the film   densitometer  
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What do the densimeter consist of   calibrated uniform light source, stage, light aperture, sensor arm, readout display, and calibration control  
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*What must be calibrated before each reading by recording the amount of light the light source is emitting   *densitomter  
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*The calibrating of the densitometer is done by pushing the __________ so that the sensor is in contact with the light source   *sensor arm  
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*What is used to set the readout display of the densitometer to zero   *calibration control  
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*What can calculate the difference between the calibration intensity and the intensity of light the film is transmitting   *densitometer  
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*What do some densitometers include to to negate the blue tint in the film base   *filter  
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*because films are sensitive to a wide range of exposures, their _______ are best visualized if the range is compressed into a logarithmic scale   *densities  
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When using a logarithmic scale with a base of _____ and increment of 0.3 represents a ____________ of exposure   10, doubling  
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What are the numbers displayed by the densitometer   optical density numbers  
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What is the density range for radiographic film   OD 0.0 to 0.4  
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*What is the ability of a film to stop light   *opacity  
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What is normally shown as a graphic relationship between the amount of exposure and the resultant density on the film   sensitometry  
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Which axis is composed in a logarithmic scale   horizontal exposure axis (x axis)  
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Which axis is shown as a linear scale   vertical density axis (y axis)  
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The curves of the axis is known as   density log exposure or D log or E curves  
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Characteristic, sensitometric, and Hunter and Driffield curves are also known as what   D log or E curves  
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What are the important elements of a typical D log E curve   the base plus fog, toe, straight line gamma , shoulder, and maximum density Dmax  
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What represents the density at no exposure or the density that are inherent   base + fog  
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What includes the density of the film base, its tints and dyes, plus any fog the film experiences   base + fog  
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What is the ranges for the radiographic film density   OD 0.05-0.10  
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True or False: the total base fog is seldom below OD 0.10 but should not exceed OD 0.22   true  
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What usually adds about OD 0.05-0.10 in _______   processing the film, fog density  
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What is the measurement of the diagnostic quality of the information on a radiograph   OD 0.5 to 1.25  
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Why is the straight line portion of the curve fairly straight   the film is reacting in a linear fashion to exposure  
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What is primarily caused by the high temperature at which automatic processors operate   the hyperactivity of the developer solution  
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What is the reducing agent that controls the subtle gray tones early in the development process   phenidone  
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What is the region of the curve predominately controlled by the phenidone   toe  
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What is the portion of the curve that is between the toe and the shoulder   straight line portion  
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What is the range of the diagnostic densities   from the low of OD 0.25-0.50 to a high of OD 2.0 to 3.0  
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What is the reducing agent that controls the heavy black tone later in the developer   hydroquinone  
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What is the name of the curve that is controlled by the hydroquinone   shoulder  
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What is the maximum density the film is capable of recording   Dmax  
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Dmax is what point on the D log or E cure   highest  
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*What represents the points where all sulver halides have a full complement of silver atoms andcannot accept more   *the highest point on the D log or E curve  
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*What is the result of the exposure beyond Dmax   *less density  
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*why would there be less density beyond Dmax   *silver atoms attached to the sensitivity specks will be ionized again, reversing their charge and causes them to repell from the speck  
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*what is the process of reducing the intensity of the latent image, producing less density   *reversal or solarization  
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*what is the shape of the true D log E curve   *bell shaped  
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what is the name of the film that is preexposed to Dmax   duplication film  
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What will cause a reversed duplicated image instead of a negative one   additional exposure  
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*What will cause a reversed duplicated image instead of a negative one   *additional exposure  
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What will cause a reversed duplicated image instead of a negative one   *additional exposure  
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What are the classification of the primary characteristic of film   resolution, speed, contrast, and latitude  
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What permit the analysis of speed, contrast, and latitude within the normal exposure ranges of the film   sensitometry  
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*What can causr reciprocity failure   *extremely high or long intensity exposure  
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*What can happen to silver halide crystals, when they are exposed to extremely long or high intensity levels   *they can overload  
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What is the ability to accurately image an object   resolution  
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What is another name for detail, sharpness, definition, and resolving power   resolution  
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How is resolution measured   by the ability to see pairs of lines  
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What is the unit of resolution   lp/mm ( line pairs per millimeter)  
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How is film resolution determined   by the size of the silver halide crystals  
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*Smaller crystals will darken what area of film   *small area  
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What cannot be visualized if it is smaller than a silver halide crystal   information  
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What kind of relationship exist between film resolution and crystal size   inverse  
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The smaller the crystal the _________ the resoluti on   higher  
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The _________ the crystal, the lower the resolution   larger  
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*What is grains another term for   *silver halide crystals  
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What does poor resolution called   graininess  
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Although film graininess can be seen, what controls the radiographic film/screen system resolution   intensifying screen phosphers  
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*True or False: The radiographic film/screen system resolution is controled by the size of the silver halide crystals   *false  
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What is the amount of density a film produces for a given amount of exposure   film speed  
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What is controlled by the activity of the phenidone   speed  
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How is film sensitivity determined   size of the silver halide crystals  
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What else have an effect on the film sensitivity   number of sensitivity specks and the thickness of the elmulsion  
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True or False: the film speed and the crystal size are directly related   true  
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The _______ the crystal, the ________ the film speed   larger, faster  
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True or false: the film speed and the number of sensitivity specks are directly related   true  
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True or false: the thicker the emulsion layer, there are more crystals   true  
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What will pprduce more film density   same number of photons  
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True or False: the film speed and thickness of emulsion are directly related   true  
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The _______ the emulsion the _________ the film speed   thicker, faster  
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The thinner the emulsion the _______ the film speed   slower  
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What is the point on the D log E curve where a density of OD 1.o + b+f is achieved   speed point  
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What is the log exposure that will produce the speed point for a given film   exposure point  
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What can determined by using the reciprocal of the exposure required to produce a given density   relative film/screen speed  
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What does ______1______ exposure in R needed to produce speed point density (OD 1.0+b+f)   relative speed  
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What does emmersion time, solution, temperature, amd chemical activity affects   film speed  
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What will cause a visible change in film density   0.5 degrees  
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What is the difference between adjacent densities   contrast  
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What of the D log E curve determines contrast   shoulder  
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True or False: steeper the slope the higher the contrast   true  
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What is controlled by the level of activity of the hydroquinone   contrast  
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What is simply a measure of the solpe of the straight line portion of the curve at the speed point (OD 1.0)   Gamma  
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What defines the overall radiographic film contrast   average gradient  
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What does this formula __D__ represent E   average gradient  
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What are the most radiographic film average gradient   between 2.5 and 3.5  
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In radiography, what is the doubling the exposure with double the density   common misnomer  
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What is the range of exposures that will produce densities within the diagnostic range   latitude  
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Latitude can be recorded as the _____ of the range of exposures that will produce diagnostic range densities   width  
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True or false: latitude and contrast is inversely related   true  
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As contrast ________ latitude tends to _______   increase, decrease  
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