Pathology
A patient has osteoporosis, kVp is
What is decreased?
Relationship between mAs and quantity
What is directly proportional?
TFT and DEL size affect this quality
What is spatial resolution?
What is to reduce patient dose?
Adjustment needed for an increase in grid ratio
What is an increase in mAs?
A patient has pneumonia, kVp is
What is increased?
Relationship between kVp and quantity
What is direct, but not proportional?
Type of system in which the radiographer selects anatomic part from the menu
What is anatomically programmed radiography?
As kVp increases, this happens to wavelength
What is decreases?
What is the Grid Conversion Factor for an 8:1 grid?
What is 4?
Technical factor adjustment for destructive conditions
What is decrease?
Relationship between distance and intensity
What is inverse?
Part of the detector element that functions as a switch/gate to release charges for readout
What is the TFT?
Effect of increased SID on sharpness of image details
What is increases?
The formula for grid ratio
What is height divided by interspace?
Technical factor adjustment for additive conditions
What is increase?
Relationship between OID and contrast
What is direct?
The series of variable instructions used to create the optimal image for each part
What is algorithm?
The radiographer does this to fix quantum noise
What is increase the mAs?
Appearance of grid cut-off due to off-centering
What is loss of exposure across entire image?
Technical factor adjustment for small bowel obstruction
What is decrease?
Relationship between beam restriction and contrast
What is direct?
The postprocessing function that removes high frequency noise from the image
What is smoothing?
In FOV stays the same, this improves spatial resolution
What is a larger matrix?
A radiograph made with a parallel grid demonstrates decreased receptor exposure on its lateral edges from this error
What is incorrect distance?