Pioneers of Radiology
This physicist discovered X-rays in 1895.
Who is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen?
This type of energy travels as waves and has no mass or charge
What is electromagnetic radiation?
Early X-ray operators often suffered burns because they lacked this protective measure.
What is radiation shielding?
This part of the tubehead contains the x-ray tube and insulating oil.
What is the metal housing?
This actor played Jack in Titanic
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
This dentist exposed the first dental radiograph in 1896.
Who is Otto Walkhoff?
X-rays have this type of wavelength compared to visible light.
What is a short wavelength?
This device, lined with lead, protects patients from unnecessary radiation.
What is a lead apron?
This oil-filled substance prevents overheating and absorbs radiation inside the tubehead.
What is insulating oil?
She portrayed Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
Who is Jennifer Lawrence?
This American dentist reduced dental X-ray exposure time to 5–90 seconds using film.
Who is William Herbert Rollins?
This determines the penetrating power of the x-ray beam.
What is kilovoltage peak (kVp)?
ALARA?
This principle means radiation exposure should be kept “As Low As Reasonably Achievable.”
This positively charged electrode contains the tungsten target.
What is the anode?
What NFL team has the most Superbowl Rings
Who are the Steelers
The first dental X-rays required this extremely long exposure time
What is 25 minutes?
This controls the quantity of x-rays produced.
What is milliamperage (mA)?
This unit measures radiation absorbed dose.
What is the rad (or gray)?
This device removes long-wavelength, low-energy x-rays from the beam.
What is aluminum filtration?
This pop star released the album 1989.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This scientist won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays.
Who is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen?
Only about this percentage of energy is converted into x-rays.
What is 1%?
What is the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
This organization sets radiation protection guidelines in the United States.
his controls the quantity of electrons boiled off the filament.
What is milliamperage (mA)?
This villa tradition determines who stays and who gets dumped
What is the recoupling ceremony?