Introduction

Question 1

How many times per second

Answer 1

Frequency

Question 2

What do you need to produce xrays?

Answer 2

Source of electrons, methods of accelerating electrons, a path, a target, a tube to provide a vacuum

Question 3

Negative electrode?

Answer 3

Cathode

Question 4

Positive electron.

Answer 4

Anode

Question 5

How thick must lead be?

Answer 5

0.5 mm

Question 6

How much heat is released from an X-ray?

Answer 6

99%

Question 7

Measures number of electrons.

Answer 7

MA

Question 8

Measures how fast and amount of energy.

Answer 8

KVP

Question 9

Which part of an X-ray contains a filament like a light bulb?

Answer 9

Cathode

Question 10

What does the filament create?

Answer 10

An electron cloud

Question 11

The whiter you are…

Answer 11

Radio opaque

Question 12

The darker you are…..

Answer 12

Radiolucent

Question 13

What houses the filament?

Answer 13

The focusing cup

Question 14

This creates a focal spot.

Answer 14

Anode

Question 15

The focal spot.

Answer 15

Anode

Question 16

Sometimes is designed to spin to disburse heat.

Answer 16

Anode

Question 17

Intensity of the X-ray is greater on what side?

Answer 17

Cathode side

Question 18

Thicker part of of patient should be faced towards the….

Answer 18

Cathode

Question 19

Controls the size of the X-ray beam directed?

Answer 19

Collimator

Question 20

Lower KVP= ________ contrast and what color?

Answer 20

More contrast, more gray

Question 21

For bone, what colors do you want and how do you achieve it?

Answer 21

Whites and blacks- high KVP

Question 22

What MA stands for?

Answer 22

Milliamps

Question 23

More MA, ____ e- released.

Answer 23

More

Question 24

How to reduce scatter?

Answer 24

Reduce beam size, lead grids between film and the patient

Question 25

Measured from peak to peak

Answer 25

Wavelength

Question 26

What is Santes rule?

Answer 26

2 x Tissue thickness + 40 = KVP

Question 27

If you use the tray, what do you add to the KVP after calculated from Santes rule?

Answer 27

+ 10

Question 28

Adverse effects of not having the body oerfectly parallel?

Answer 28

Foreshortening, magnification, elongation

Question 29

How do you calculate MAS?

Answer 29

MA x seconds =MAS

Question 30

Also known as focal film distance.

Answer 30

Source image distance

Question 31

The distance between. The focal spot of the tube and focus spot of the patient?

Answer 31

Focal film distance

Question 32

Necessities of a dark room?

Answer 32

Clean, organized and light proof, well ventilated, white walls

Question 33

Minimum dark room size?

Answer 33

6x8 feet

Question 34

Two sides of a dark room with a dip tank?

Answer 34

Dry and wet side

Question 35

Steps of film processing?

Answer 35

Develop, rinse (only manual), fix, wash, dry

Question 36

What does the developing step do?

Answer 36

Converts invisible image to a visible image

Question 37

What does the fixer step do?

Answer 37

Removed undeveloped crystals that were not exposed to electrons

Question 38

What does the wash step do?

Answer 38

Removes chemicals from the X-ray film

Question 39

How long does automatic film processing take?

Answer 39

90 seconds

Question 40

How can you mark films?

Answer 40

Lead markers, lead tape

Question 41

What needs to be on the X-ray label?

Answer 41

Name and address of hospital, date, owners name, patient name and number

Question 42

Silver halide crystals are like....

Answer 42

Megapixels

Question 43

Creates a grander image with wide latitude and large crystals.

Answer 43

Fast film

Question 44

Has medium crystals, and medium detail.

Answer 44

Medium speed

Question 45

High detailed speed.

Answer 45

Slow speed

Question 46

What are non screen films used for?

Answer 46

Dental films - higher detail

Question 47

If the film is too light...?

Answer 47

Increase KVP

Question 48

If the film is too dark?

Answer 48

Decrease MAS (slow it down)

Question 49

If you can't see the organs...

Answer 49

Increase KVP

Question 50

If it's too light and you can see the organs....

Answer 50

Increase MAS

Question 51

If the film is too dark and you see gray bones....

Answer 51

Decrease KVP

Question 52

If the X-ray is too dark and you see white bone...

Answer 52

Decrease MAS

Question 53

What is Santes rule?

Answer 53

2xcm +40

Question 54

Factors that affect technique charts?

Answer 54

Voltage, film speed, age of film and screen, grid type, beam filtration