Electromagnetic Radiation
This term is measured in Hertz or cycles per second (CPS).
What is frequency?
This term describes electrical pressure pushing electrons through a wire.
What is voltage?
These are the 3 components of an x-ray unit.
This shell has the highest energy and is the closest to the nucleus.
What is K shell?
This term is considered PURE energy without mass/weight.
What is electromagnetic radiation?
This term describes the maximum voltage produced by a x-ray unit.
What is Kilovolt peak (kVp)?
These are the 2 electrodes found in the x-ray tube.
What is cathode and anode?
What is no interaction?
This has high energy, high frequency, and high penetrating ability.
What is short wavelengths?
This transformer is used to decrease the voltage from the incoming 110- or 220-line voltage to the 3 to 5 V used by the filament circuit.
What is step-down transformer?
These two elements make up the anode.
What is Copper and Tungsten?
This term is a form of radiation that occurs when speeding electrons slow down because of their interactions with the tungsten target in the anode.
What is Bremsstrahlung?
These are the 3 physical properties of electromagnetic radiation.
What is wavelength, energy, and frequency?
This transformer is used to increase the voltage from the incoming 110- or 220-line voltage to the 65,000 to 100,000 volts used by the high-voltage circuit.
What is step-up transformer?
This term is defined as the release of electrons from the tungsten filament when the electrical current passes through it and heats the filament.
This occurs when an incident photon gives up all its energy to an inner electron.
What is photoelectric absorption?
These are the 3 types of ionizing electromagnetic radiation.
What is gamma ray, x-ray, cosmic radiation?
This is the amount of volts in 12 kilovolts.
What is 12,000 volts?
These are the 2 requirements of x-ray production.
What is high-speed electrons and step up transformer?
In Compton Scattering, ______% of the scattered photons exit the head, which is good for the patient's health but it will create fog on the x-ray film.
What is 30?