Acronyms
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Radiation Safety
General CR & DR Q's
RT Challenge Q's
100

DDA

What is Digital Detector Array?

100

CT

What is Computed Tomography?

100

The Safe for the public radiation dose rate?

What is 2 mR/hr?

100

CNR

What is Contrast to Noise Ratio?

100

DR and CR are both digital, radiographic images composed of:

What are Pixels?

200

IP

What is Image Plate?

200

IQI

What is an Image Quality Indicator?

200

These three things encompass the essence radiation safety.

What are Time, Distance & Shielding?

200

 A computed radiographic image is formed by the:

What is the Computer?

200

When a laser light strikes the image plate, what occurs in the image plate?

 What is Photostimulable luminescence?

300

PMT

What is Photo-Multiplier Tube?

300

DWG

What is a Duplex Wire Gage?

300

A qualified, badged industrial radiographer maximum allowable dose rate.

What is 5mR/hr?

300

The scary image do we see when the image plate is not properly erased.

What is a Ghost Image?

300

SRb

What is Basic Spatial Resolution?

400

MIA

What is Metals Affordability Initiative

400

CCD

What is Charge-couple device?

400

ALARA

What is As Low As Reasonably Attainable?

400

In a 12 bit CR system, if the radiation dose is zero, what would be the pixel value?

What is Zero?

400

RQI

What is Representative Quality Indicator?

500

DICONDE

What is Digital Communication for Non-Destructive Evaluation?

500

MTF

What is Modulation Transfer Function?

500

HVL

What is Half Value Layer?

500

Approximately how many shades of gray can a human see?

What is 130-150 shades of gray?

500

SMPTE

What is the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers?