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2016FA PHYSICS (K. Greene) > EXAM #6 Tutor Questions > Flashcards

EXAM #6 Tutor Questions Flashcards

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• Overall resolution for imaging is measured as physicists as

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MTF

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2
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• If in the remnant beam signal, what can reduce subject contrast and gray scale

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Scatter

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3
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• How do you measure spatial frequencies

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LP/mm

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4
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• Mathematically, the ratio of an images recorded contrast to the real subject contrast defines what

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o MTF, closest to one as possible

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5
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• Which of the following is NOT a variable affecting sub contrast in remnant beam

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o Focal spot

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6
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• For the computer to process an image, analog to digital is composed by a device called

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o Analog to digital converter

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7
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• In general, digital imaging terms, brightness is what?

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o Window level

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8
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• 1000x1000 matrix? How many pixels?

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o 1mil pixels

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9
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• Compared to Work station, display stations can typically have

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o Less resolution

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10
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• The selection of a narrow window width

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o Increase contrast

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11
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• Dead pixels in the image is caused by failure of dead DELS

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o Interpolation

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12
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• Flat field uniform corrections because of all the following except for what?

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o Data clipping

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13
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• List of pixel values that make up a histogram, it’s called a permanent what?

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o LUT

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14
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• A sub matrix that is passed over the original, executing a mathematical function is called what?

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o Kernel

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15
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• Pattern recognition software is used for what?

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o Segmentation

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16
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• Normalization is best described as the computer attempt to

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o Make digital image look like a film image prior to any post processing

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17
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• Which of the following can a comp processing not do?

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o Cannot change the pixel count

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18
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• Histogram correction errors are

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o Not necessarily related to the radiographic technique used

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19
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• Histogram analysis failure is less common with DR, than CR, because DR algos include what

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o Only the exposed DELS

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20
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• Histogram is the result when a digital image is sorted by

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o Values contained by pixel

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21
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• Low freqs represent what?

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o Large objects

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22
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• If you have dual energy subtraction, you either have variable filters or variable kVp

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o High and low energy images (1 for bone and 1 for soft tissue)

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23
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• For all digital image systems, a restriction for lower limit for exposure

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o Mottle

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24
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• Just as in conventional radiography, the what must have a high SNR

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o Remnant beam

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25
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• In CR, substantial fog densities between 2 projections on the same plate can cause what

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o Segmentation failure

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26
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• In any CR system, underexposure causes visible what?

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o Mottle

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27
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• In the digital age, the main role of radiographic technique is what?

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o Ensure proper SNR

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28
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• Which of the following is digital processing least capable of correction

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o Pre-fogging on the CR plate

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29
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• Digital imaging system cannot compensate what

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o Too low kVp

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30
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• Misunderstandings about radiographic technique, combined with broad exposure latitude in digital imaging systems

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o Dose creep

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31
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• On a DR system. The field size for each image is what

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o Adjusted by radiographer

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32
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• The weakest link in a radiographic imaging system chain

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o Image display system

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33
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• How do you distinguish adjacent details from each other

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o Visibility AND geometric

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34
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• What is not a form of image noise

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o Signal

35
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• What size is the smallest object that can be resolved by 2.5LP/mm

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o Object

36
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• As line pairs of a resolution template become smaller and closer together the overlapping of their penumbra causes loss of

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o Contrast

37
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• When the pixels of a digital imaging systems are small than the object in the focal spot, what’s the limiting factor for spatial resolution

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o Focal spot size

38
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• Which is the following is not a variable affecting noise

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o Exposure time

39
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• For radiography the brightness of a certain pixel within the image matrix of a digital image is related to what

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o Attenuation

40
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• In general, digital imaging terms, the range of gray scale is what?

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o Window width

41
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• If you have a 12 bit, ADC each pixel will have what?

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o 2^12

42
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• The larger the number of pixels in a matrix, what?

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o Resolution

43
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• As a displayed FoV is increased in size, spatial resolution or sharpness does what?

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o Decreases

44
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• The increased contrast res of digital imaging systems, allows demonstration of tissues with inherent subject contrast as low as what?

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o 1%

45
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• Which of the following would result in a displayed image that would be brighter?

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o Decreased window level

46
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• The general term for brightness and contrast is what?

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o Windowing

47
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• The term pre-processing is for the computer algos which represent what?

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o Correct for image flaws in image acquisition

48
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• In the active matrix array of a DR receptor plate, variations in alignment for multiple electronic amps and differences in resistance for varying lengths of wires coming from the hundreds of DELS

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o Gain offsets

49
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• Which of the following flaws are unique by CR but not DR

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o Light guide variations

50
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• Background exposure to a CR cassette and small amount of electronic current flowing through a DR system when no exposure is being taken

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o Dark noise

51
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• In a digital histogram graph, the vertical height along the plotted curve is against the y-axis, what?

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o Number of pixels per value

52
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• Which of the following systems req the greatest amount of preprocessing?

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o DR

53
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• On an image histogram, an unusual spike to left is what?

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o Metallic objects

54
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• In an algo designed to accentuate soft tissue densities will locate the VOI on a histogram

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o Father to the right

55
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• Comp distinguishes anatomy of interest from background from what

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o Auto field recognition

56
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• Segmentation failure is what?

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o Partition pattern recognition

57
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• For a large abdomen which completely covers the image plate, the histogram will appear how?

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o No spikes

58
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• Exposure field recog is normally done as what

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o Histogram analysis

59
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• The steeper the S-curve, the what?

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o Higher image contrast

60
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• The bins of data from the acquired image to be used for rescaling

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o S-values

61
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• Because the range of the Q scale, is outside the range of the discernment of the human eye this allows for what of the image

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o Windowing

62
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• Rescaling the image is primary the process of ____ which is the acquired data set

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o Algebraically relabeling it

63
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• Histogram analysis can fail to ID key landmarks when a bizarre data set results in an unexpected what?

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o Histogram shape

64
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• All of the following are general domains except what?

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o Amplitude

65
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• Sorting an image by the location of its pixels results in a _____

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o Matrix

66
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• Point area in global operations are all sub-cats for what domain

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o Spatial

67
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• An example of an area of operation would be what?

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o Zoom

68
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• Whenever a displayed image is windowed, which of the following default processes is reapplied

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o Graduation processing

69
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• In dynamic range of the processing system is too limited, it is possible for what to occur when the displayed image is later windowed?

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o Clipping

70
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• From selective midpoint in various gray levels, lighter areas in the image are progressively darkened while darker areas are progressively lightened, this describes what?

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o Dynamic range compression

71
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• For the graduation processing curves developed by Fuji, the shape of a particular which a particular algebraic formula generates, is represented as the perimeter what?

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o GT

72
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• Noise in the image caused by electronic malfunctions is normally periodic, occurring at regular intervals across the image, rather than random, such as quantum mottle. It’s best eliminated using what?

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o Processing in a frequency domain

73
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• A small core matrix of mathematical values which is passed through the image matrix, multiplying the value of each pixel sequentially by the numbers in it

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o Kernel

74
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• High-pass filtering only allows what to pass through?

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o High frequency objects, small objects

75
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• The math method by which the complex wave representing one line of digital image can be broken down into a set, the individual wavelengths that make it up is known as the what?

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o Fourier method

76
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• Dual energy subtraction takes average of what differences between soft tissues and bones

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o Photoelectric

77
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• What across the board adj. in radiographic techniques is suggested to allow for CR operation at a 400 speed class, reduced pt exposure, avoid mottle

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o Increase 15% kVp

78
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• If a dept. chooses to operate their CR/DR system at a 200 speed class, what general adj. in tech should be made form a 400 speed

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o Double the technique

79
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• How much overexposure is required before oversaturation occurs?

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o 8-10 times more

80
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  • Which of the following states is true regarding CR

* Which is false?

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TRUE = Digital processing is able to compensate for scatter

FALSE = Scatter always results in dark images

81
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o For CR, as a general rule of thumb, what % of the receptor plat needs to be exposed to prevent errors

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o At least thirty percent needs to exposure

82
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o Which of the following has the least amount of effect on scatter?

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o kVp

83
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o Which of the following affects displayed image contrast?

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o Windowing, gradation processing, rescaling

84
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o The increased exposure latitude includes all of the following options except?

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o Using low kVp

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