Protection/Bio
The minimum amount of filtration on equipment operating above 70 kVp.
What is 2.5 mm Al eq?
Grid conversion factor for a 6:1 grid.
What is 3?
Type of fracture typically caused by twisting.
What is spiral?
The four vital signs.
What are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?
Centering point for a PA chest.
What is T7 or the inferior border of the scapula?
The minimum amount of shielding used in leaded glasses.
What is 0.35 mm Pb?
Primary material used in the focal spot of the x-ray tube.
What is tungsten?
Most lateral of the tarsal bones.
What is the lateral cuneiform?
Vein typically used for contrast injections and blood draws.
What is the median antecubital vein?
Also described as the parieto-acanthio view.
What is the Water's?
Threshold dose for the GI Syndrome in the ARS.
What is 6 Gy?
Largest factor contributing to loss of detail on the final image.
What is motion?
Most superior structure of the large intestine.
What is the splenic flexure?
Position of the patient for the insertion of an enema catheter.
What is Sims?
Degree and direction of angulation for the AP Sacrum.
What is 15 degrees cephalic?
What is hydrogen peroxide?
Material used in the input phosphor of the image intensifier.
What is cesium iodide?
Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity.
What is ascites?
Compression rate for an infant during CPR.
What is 100-120 bpm?
Procedure to evaluate the salivary glands.
What is a sialogram?
Type of dose response relationship for genetic effects of radiation.
Distance between pulses when using intermittent fluoro.
What is pitch?
What is the Clay Shoveler's fracture?
Maximum flow rate when using a nasal canulla.
What is 5 liters?
Degree of angulation for the oblique T-Spine.
What is 20 degrees from true lateral (or 70 degrees from the AP)?