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Radiation that possesses the ability to remove electrons from atoms by a process called ionization

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Ionizing radiation

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Effects of radiation on the body being irradiated

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Somatic effects

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Effects of radiation on the genetic code of a cell; affects the next generation

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Genetic effects

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Radiation contained in the unpolluted environment

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Natural background radiation

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Also called man-made radiation (medical x-rays)

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Artificially produced radiation

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Radiation exiting the x-ray tube

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Primary radiation

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X-rays that emerge from the patient and strike the image receptor

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Exit radiation (remnant radiation or image-producing radiation)

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Absorption and scatter (loss of intensity) of the x-ray beam as it passes through the patient

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Attenuation

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X-ray beam that contains photons of many different energies

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Heterogeneous beam

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Absorption of x-ray photons in the atoms of the body

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Photoelectric effect

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Organization that publishes radiation protection guidelines for the United States

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National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)

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Scatter of x-ray photons from the atoms of the body

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Compton effect

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Unit of exposure

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Air kerma

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Unit of absorbed dose, measured in joules per kilogram (J/kg), 1 Gy = 1 J/kg

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Gray

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Unit of radiation absorbed in air

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Gray a

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Upper boundary dose that can be absorbed, either in a single exposure or annually, with a negligible risk of somatic or genetic damage to the individual; effective dose implies whole-body radiation exposure

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Effective dose limit

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Unit of radiation absorbed in tissue

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Gray t

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Unit of effective dose and equivalent dose

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Sievert

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Lifetime occupational exposure must not exceed the radiographer’s age multiplied by 10 mSv

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Cumulative effective dose

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Equal to the effective dose multiplied by the radiation weighting factor

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Equivalent dose

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Concept of radiologic practice that encourages radiation users to adopt measures that keep the dose to the patient and themselves at minimal levels

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As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)

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Graphs that illustrate the relationship between radiation dose and the response of the organism to exposure; may be linear or nonlinear, threshold or nonthreshold

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Dose-response curves

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Randomly occurring effects of radiation; the probability of such effects is proportional to the dose (increased dose equals increased probability, not severity, of effects)

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Stochastic (probabilistic) effects

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Effects of radiation that become more severe at high levels of radiation exposure and do not occur below a certain threshold dose

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Tissue reactions (deterministic)

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Amount of energy deposited by radiation per unit length of tissue
Linear energy transfer (LET)
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Effect that occurs when radiation directly strikes DNA in the cellular nucleus
Direct effect
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Effect that occurs when radiation strikes the water molecules in the cytoplasm of the cell
Indirect effect
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Effect that occurs as radiation energy is deposited in the water of the cell; the result of radiolysis is an ion pair in the cell: a positively charged water molecule (HOH+) and a free electron
Radiolysis of water
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Erroneous information passed to subsequent generations via cell division
Mutation
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Cells are most sensitive to radiation when they are immature, undifferentiated, and rapidly dividing
Law of Bergonié and Tribondeau
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Hematopoietic syndrome; gastrointestinal (GI) syndrome; central nervous system syndrome
Early somatic effects of radiation
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Carcinogenesis; cataractogenesis; embryologic effects; thyroid dysfunction; life span shortening
Late somatic effects of radiation
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Distance, time, shielding
Cardinal principles of radiation protection
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Best protection against radiation exposure
Distance
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Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) badge, thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD), digital ionization dosimeter
Personnel monitoring devices
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Average dose of radiation to the bone marrow
Mean marrow dose
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Results of ionization in human cells
 Unstable atoms, free electrons, production of low-energy x-rays, formation of new molecules harmful to the cell, cell damage may be exhibited as abnormal function or loss of function
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Pair production
Does not occur in radiography, is produced at photon energies greater than 1.02 million electron volts. and involves an interaction between the incoming photon and the atomic nucleus.
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What is the source of exposure to the radiographer or radiologist during fluoroscopy?
Compton scatter
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 What does photoelectric interaction results in?
Complete absorption of an incoming x-ray photon; this interaction produces contrast in the radiographic image
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 Compton interaction results in what?
Scattering of the incoming x-ray photon; scatter produced by this interaction must be removed from the beam before it strikes the image receptor.
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What are the three main parts of a cell?
Cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus.
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What is the function of the cell membrane?
To protect the cell, holds in water and the nucleus, and allows water, nutrients, and waste products to pass into and out of the cell.
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What are the four subphases of mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
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What does DNA control?
Cell division and all cellular functions.
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Prophase is when
The nucleus enlarges.
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Metaphase is when
The nucleus elongates.
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What is Anaphase?
Two complete sets of chromosomes.
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What is the purpose of Telophase?
To separate the two sets of genetic material; division complete; 46 chromosomes in each new somatic cell.
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As LET of radiation increases
So does biological damage.
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Free radicals are?
Highly reactive ions that have an unpaired electron in the outer shell
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What results of an indirect effect?
No effect, formation of free radicals, and formation of H2O2.
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 Epithelial tissue is
Highly radiosensitive, divides rapidly, lines body tissue.
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Muscle is
relatively insensitive because of high specialization and lack of cell division.
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Adult nerve tissue
Requires very high doses (beyond medical levels) to cause damage, is very specialized, has no cell division, is relatively insensitive to radiation.
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What is very radiosensitive, divide rapidly, unspecialized, require 10 rads or more to increase chances of mutation?
 Immature sperm cells.
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What in the female fetus and child are very radiosensitive?
Ova
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When does ovarian radiosensitivity decrease?
It decreases until near middle age, then increases again.
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Direct effect occurs when?
radiation transfers its energy directly to the DNA or RNA
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 Cell line death is
The death of the tissues or organs that would have been produced from continued cell division had a cell survived.
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Oxygen Enhancement Ratio [OER]
If cells are more oxygenated, they are more susceptible to radiation damage.
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What are the most radiosensitive blood cells in the body?
Lymphocytes
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Early tissue reactions include
Erythema, epilation, decreased blood count, and acute radiation syndrome.
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 Hematopoietic syndrome
Decrease in total number of all blood cells
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GI syndrome
Death from serious damage to the lining of the intestines
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Central nervous system (cerebrovascular) syndrome
Causes complete failure of nervous system and results in death from increased fluid in the brain.
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Late tissue reactions include
 Cataractogenesis, thyroid cancer or cessation, effect on fertility
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Stochastic effects include
Carcinogenesis, nonmalignant radiodermatitis, embryologic effects (most sensitive during first trimester), and genetic mutations.
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Doubling dose is
The amount of radiation that causes the number of mutations in a population to double (is approximately 1.56 Sv for humans)
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 Interphase
Portion of the cellular life cycle that occurs before mitosis
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Mitosis is
Somatic cell division; includes four phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
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What happens mitosis is complete?
Each new cell contains 46 chromosomes
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Meiosis is
Germ (sperm or ovum) cell division; halves the number of chromosomes in each cell so that the union of two germ cells produces a new cell with 46 chromosomes
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 Beam limiters consist of
Collimator, cylinder cones, aperture diaphragms
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Lead aprons
Must be at least 0.25-mm lead equivalent; should be at least 0.5-mm lead equivalent
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 What source of radiation is the radiographer exposed to?
Scatter radiation produced by Compton interactions in the patient during fluoroscopy, portable radiography, and surgical radiography.
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Primary protective barriers
Must be at least 1/16 inch lead equivalent and extend from the floor to a height of 7 feet
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Secondary protective barriers
Must be at least 1/32 inch lead equivalent and extend from the primary protective barrier to the ceiling with a ½-inch overlap

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