Beam me up!
The term that defines the number of x-rays produced.
What is the quantity?
This article is provided as a safety measure for patients during x-ray exposure.
What is a lead apron?
This element could be 12, 16, 18 inches long and allows the operator to direct the beam accurately.
What is the PID (position indicator device)
The error that occurs from too much horizontal angulation.
What is overlapping?
This is the original method of obtaining x-ray images, there are many disadvantages and few dental offices still use this method.
What is film radiography?
This term refers to the penetrating power of the x-ray beam.
What is the quality?
This device tracks exposure.
What is a dosimeter?
This piece of aluminum removes photons with weak wavelengths.
What is the filter?
This error occurs when the film was exposed twice.
What is a double image?
This 3 letter acronym refers to the image receptors that must be digitally scanned and erased before reuse.
What is PSP? Or what are phosphor storage plates?
This is the *most* recommended method of beam alignment to maintain ALARA.
What is the paralleling technique?
This term refers to our duty to patients to refrain from unnecessary radiation exposure.
What is the ALARA principle?
This component of the tube head houses the focusing cup.
What is the cathode?
This error occurs when the PID was not positioned properly.
What is cone cut?
This 3 letter acronym describes digital sensors that could be wired or wireless.
What is CCD? Or what are Charge-Coupled Devices?
The term for radiation that deflects from the primary path.
What is scatter radiation?
This term refers to a lot of exposure that is absorbed in a small amount of time.
What is acute exposure?
A component of the tube head crucial to x-ray production. It holds a positive electrical charge.
What is the anode?
This is the error that occurs when the film appears too light.
What is underdevelopment?
This describes the image needed to evaluate the interproximal areas.
What is a bite-wing?
This characteristic of an x-ray beam is controlled by factors like kVp, mA, exposure time, and distance.
What is intensity?
This term describes the process of an x-ray photon colliding with an atom electron and ejecting it from orbit.
What is Ionization?
This component absorbs the heat given off when electrons collide with the tungsten target.
What is the copper stem?
This error occurs when the film was placed backwards in the patient's mouth.
What is the herringbone pattern?
This film-holding device allows for proper placement and PID alignment- and comes in 3 colors.
What is an XCP?