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Name a provider that can only order imaging for anatomy related to their specific field.
Specialized Doctoral Providers
Which type of image receptor is considered the "gold-standard" in x-ray methods?
Digital Radiography
The purpose of the Ottawa Rules is to guide clinical decision making on when to use this:
X-ray Imaging
Which term describes the path of the x-ray beam as it travels from the tube, through the patient, to the receptor?
Projection
A standard CT scan delivers approximately how much more radiation than a routine x-ray?
100-700x
The typical entry-level education required to become an X-ray Tech.
2-year Associate's Degree
Longer wavelength x-rays located near the UV band are known as this.
Soft X-rays
Per Ottawa Ankle Rules, an x-ray is required if there is pain in the ankle area AND tenderness at:
The back part or tip of the malleoli
Alignment
In ultrasound physics, it is best to keep the beam in what orientation to the tissue being imaged?
Perpendicular (90 deg angle)
Name one of the three things required to create an x-ray image.
X-ray beam, patient, and x-ray film or digital receptors
An object that is radiolucent appears as what color on a finished radiograph?
Black
Per the Ottawa Knee Rules, a patient requires an x-ray if they're unable to bend their knee to at least this many degrees:
90 degrees
In the ABC's of radiographic analysis, what does the 'B' stand for?
Bone Density
A diagnostic ultrasound sends out send waves and then listens for the reflection of those waves. What percentage of time is the diagnostic ultrasound in listening mode?
99%
This type of radiation is capable of disrupting life processes by altering DNA.
What is Ionizing radiation
Which is MORE radiodense: Air or Metal
Metal
The inability to walk this many steps is consistent across the Ottawa Rules for the Knee, Ankle, and Foot.
4 steps
Cartilage spaces
Name a medical imaging modality that does NOT emit ionizing radiation.
MRI or Diagnostic US
The term that describes the reduction in the number of x-ray photons due to scattering or absorption.
Attenuation
Which has MORE radiographic density: Air or Metal?
Air
What age does a patient automatically qualify for a knee x-ray under the Ottawa Knee rules if they have knee pain?
55 or older
In the ABC's of radiographic analysis, what does the 'S' stand for?
Soft tissues
In T1-weighted MRI imaging, how do fat and water appear?
Fat appears bright
Water appears dark