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x-ray components
General
Terms
Technique adjustments
Radiation safety
100
Material used to filtrate the beam
What is aluminum
100
device that terminates exposure
What is exposure timer
100
The space between the film and the patient
What is air gap
100
according to the 15% rule changing the ___ is the same as doubling/or cutting in half the mAs
What is kVp
100
the patient’s absorbed dose is measured in
What is RAD
200
this changes A/C to D/C
What is the rectifier
200
Thinner body parts should be placed at this end of the tube
What is anode side
200
These marks show up on films in which a grid has been used
What are grid lines
200
An image that needs to be repeated because it’s too light would need to have the what doubled
What is mAs
200
unit that measures radiation intensity in the air
What is REM
300
this ensures outgoing voltage is accurate regardless of incoming voltage
What is the line voltage compensator
300
Radiation that makes up most of the beam
What is bremsstrahlung
300
This closes the circuit allowing the current to flow through the primary side of the step up transformer
What is an exposure switch
300
Patient parts are measured in
What is centimeters
300
This radiation effect relates to the radiated persons reproductive cells and offspring
What is genetic effect
400
Another name for step-up transformer
What is high voltage transformer
400
Creating three or four small exposures prior to a larger exposure helps to prevent what
What is anode damage
400
This varies the resistance in the circuit
What is rheostat (example mA selector)
400
The mAs should be doubled when the patient has what type of cast
What is plaster
400
term that describes low doses of radiation such as x-rays
What is stochastic
500
3 parts of the x-ray circuit
What are low voltage, high voltage and filament circuit
500
quality of a x-ray is determined by these 4 things
What are density, contrast, distortion and recorded detail
500
term that relates to high radiation doses(atomic bomb)
What is nonstochastic
500
scatter fog can be reduced in these 4 ways
What are use of grid, decrease kVp, collimation, decreasing air gap
500
law that talks about cell sensitivity in relation to radiation exposure
What is Bergonie-Tribondeau