Tooth be told: Terminology
The process of converting an atom into ions.
What is Ionization
The negatively charged part of the tubehead that houses the tungsten filament
The first condition for producing x-rays occurs at the tungsten filament when you turn the machine on
What is a source of electrons
This is how we get the black/radiolucent areas in an image
What is no interaction
When you do this to an x-ray machine, the image appears darker because you're making more electrons available for the exposure
What is increase mA
The emission or propagation of energy through space
What is Radiation
The positively charged part of the tubehead that houses the tungsten target
What is the Anode
Wow, these guys are racing to the finish line!
What is a way to accelerate electrons
This is how we get the radiopaque areas on an image
What is absorption through photoelectric effect
This is how you increase the penetrating power of an x-ray beam
The type of radiation created when electrons form the cathode come close to, or collide with, the nucleus of the tungsten target
What is General or Bremsstrahlung radiation
This is the part of the tubehead that prevents radiation from escaping in all directions
What is the leaded-glass housing
Hold up, there, little guys!
What is a way to stop or decelerate electrons
What is Compton scatter
When you do this, it's like the analogy of leaving a faucet on for the sink to fill up
What is increase time setting
The type of radiation created when the electrons traveling from the cathode knock out k-shell electrons of the tungsten target
The part of the inside of the tubehead that is activated when the exposure button is pressed, this increases the voltage to move the electrons from the cathode to anode
What is the Step-up transformer
The measurement of electrical force that moves electrons from cathode to anode
What is Voltage
This is a form of secondary radiation that doesn't contribute to an image
What is Coherent scatter
mA and time have what kind of relationship to each other
What is an inverse relationship
The study of the medical science that deals with the use of x-rays, and radioactive substances and other forms of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
What is Radiology
This is what decreases the intensity of the beam in the x-ray tubehead, and the thickness of this is also a measure of the half-value layer of the beam
What are the aluminum disks
This refers to the amount of electrons moving through a conductor
What is Amperage
This is the term that umbrellas over different forms of scatter radiation
You need to do this in order to change the contrast of a dental image
What is change kVp