Patient Care
A radiographer who discloses confidential patient information to unauthorized individuals can be found guilty of...
Invasion of privacy
The plane passing vertically through the body and dividing it into anterior and posterior halves is the...
Mid-coronal plane
The tabletop exposure rate during fluoro shall not exceed...
21mGya/min @80 kvp
As radiation strikes matter, what happens to the energy?
The energy is transferred to the atoms according to the law of conservation of energy.
The xray beam changes as it travels through the patient by a process called...
Attenuation
When oxygen is administered, the usual rate is...
3 to 5 L/min
All elbow fat pads are best demonstrated in which position?
Lateral
What interaction with matter contributes to the most occupational exposure?
Compton
The electricity provided to the radiology department operates at...
120 pulses/sec
What factors will result in poor spatial resolution?
Long OID, Large focal spot, patient motion, and magnification.
In which stage of infection do the infective microbes begin to multiply?
Incubation period
What position will place the left kidney parallel to the IR?
RPO
What quantity of radiation exposure to the reproductive organs is required to cause temporary infertility?
2Gy
What device converts mechanical energy to electrical energy?
Generator
A high SNR provides an image with...
Better spatial resolution
What should you do first when it is suspected a patient is going into shock?
Place them in the Trendelenburg position.
What condition is commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents?
Hangman fracture
What effect means there is no safe level of radiation and the response to the radiation is NOT directly proportional to the dose received?
Nonlinear-nonthreshold effect
What type of generator makes breathing techniques hard to perform?
Falling load
The electronic term used to describe anything that interferes with visualization of the xray image is...
Noise
What drug is used to treat dysrhythmias?
Lidocaine
Which position will provide the best survey study of the paranasal sinuses?
Upright lateral
Which cells that are usually least sensitive to radiation exposure?
Nerve and muscle cells
The portion of the image intensifier tube that convert electron energy to visible light is the...
Photocathode
The line focus principle expresses the relationship between...
The actual and effective focal spot