Terminology
Uses two different KVP levels, one lower and one higher
What is Dual-Energy CT
Tissue type for water?
What is 0 (baseline)
The level at which the spinal cord terminates
What is L1
Olfactory Nerve responsibility
What is Smell
Referred to as virtual coloscopy
What is CT colonography
Have replaced the high-tensions cables, allowing for continuous rotation of the x-ray tube
What is Slip Rings
Tissue type for air
What is -1000
Space the contains cerebral spinal fluid
What is subarachnoid space
Oculomotor Nerve responsibility
What is eye movement
Depth of a voxel is determined by
What is Slice Thickness
Consists of the x-ray tube, detector array and collimators
What is the gantry
What is +20
Brainstem is composed of
What is midbrain, pons, and medulla
Abducens responsibility
What is eye movement
Pineal gland is attached to the roof of which gland
What is the posterior part of the third ventricle
Acquisitions of a volume of CT data; the patient moves through the gantry with uninterrupted rotation and output of the x-ray tube
What is Volume Scanning
Tissue type for White Matter
What is +45
Located deep within the longitudinal fissure
What is the Corpus Callosum
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Responsibility
What is taste and swallowing
Gray matter is composed mainly of
What is neuron dendrites
Set of mathematic calculations and processes applied in image reconstruction
What is Algorithm
Add the tissue type for CSF and Cortical bone together
What is +1015
(cortical bone: +1000) (CSF: +15)
Primarily coordinates the important motor functions of the body such as coordination, posture, and balance
What is Cerebellum
Two nerves that are responsible for sensory and movement
What is Vagus and Facial nerves
The pituitary gland is protected by the
What is the Sella turcica