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reviewing for final in first semester of Casey's class uafs

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What did William Conrad Roentgen Die from?   Colon Cancer  
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What honors did Roentgen 's discovery earn him?   1901 Nobel prize in Physics  
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What is Evangelista Torricelli given credit for?   Borometer  
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special protection should be taken to prevent excessive exposure to ?   Ionizing radiation  
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This is a form of non-ionizing radiation?   sonography  
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An individual who specializes in using x rays to create images of the body is known as a ?   Radiographer  
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a discipline that visualizes sectional anatomy by the recording of a predetermined plane in the body is ?   Computed tomography  
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An individual who specializes in carrying out treatments designed to correct or improve the function of a particular body part or system is known as a ?   Therapist  
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What are the two categories of sources of radiation?   1. Man-made 2. Natural/Background  
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What are three examples of man made radiation?   1. Nuclear energy 2. medical or dental x-rays 3. consumer products  
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_____ has carbon in it.   Any organic material  
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ages considered child bearing years   12-60  
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who should you shield?   The patient yourself anyone in room  
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any x-ray emitted from window   Primary beam  
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What are the three principle of alara   1. time 2. distance 3. shielding  
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how far away can an x ray travel?   less than 6 feet  
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tube leakage should not exceed _____ MR/hour at a distance of 1 meter from the source?   100  
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The worse place to be to absorb scatter radiation is?   Right next to the patient  
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NCRP says that lead aprons must be at least a minimum of ________ of lead equivalency.   .5 milameters of lead equivalency.  
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Gloves and drapes and bucky slot cover need to be a minimum of ________.   .25 mm Pb  
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A thyroid shield needs to be a minimum of ____.   .5 mm PB  
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Anywhere primary beam points you have to have ________ barriers.   Primary barriers  
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Primary barriers have to be _______ inches of Pb.   1/16 inches and 7 feet tall  
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Secondary barriers protects against scatter and leakage and has to be a minimum of ______Inches of Pb.   1/32 inches  
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The two types of barriers are _______ and _______.   Primary and secondary  
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This is used to measure the exposure in air.   Roentgen  
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1 rad does not equal one _______.   gray  
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100 rad = _______.   1 gray  
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1000 rem = _________.   1 seivert  
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REM Radiation Equivalent Man   What the techs exposure is measured in.  
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The quality factor of x ray   1  
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Curie   measure radioactivity  
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Radiation absorbed dose. Who is absorbing it?   The patient  
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Rem = Rad times______________.   Quality factor  
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What are three types of monitoring devises?   1. Film badge 2. OSL 3. TLD  
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pocket dosimeter   looks like pocket light provides an instant reading (are very inaccurate)  
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Film badge   the only permanent record.  
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OSL   optical laser uses aluminum oxide  
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TLD   Thermo luminescence dosimetry uses heat to return crystal to natural state  
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1 curie = 1 _____________.   Becquerel  
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Annual dose limit for occupational worker   50 msv or 5 rem  
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Cumulative lifetime dose   1 rem x age or 10 msv x age  
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eyelids   150 msv or 15 rem  
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Skin hands feet   500 msv or 50 rem  
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Public annual dose   1 msv or .1 rem  
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publics monthly dose   .5 msv  
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Natural /background radiation can be occur spontaniously and can be affected by __________________.   human activity  
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constitutes the greatest exposures of human made radiation   Medical and dental x rays  
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three things must be present for x ray production   1. source of electrons 2. force to move them rapidly 3. something to stop this movement rapidly.  
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The negative terminal   Cathode  
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The positive terminal   Anode  
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