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Location of the rod and cone cells

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Cones- fovea centralis

Rods- remainder of retina

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Which cells control photopic (daylight) vision

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Cone cells

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Which cells require relatively bright light to function

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Cone cells

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Which cells are sensitive to yellow light

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Cone cells

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What cells have a higher visual acuity?

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Cone cells

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What cells control scotopic (night) vision

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Rods

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What cells are sensitive to low light levels

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Rods

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Humans are unable to perceive colors in extremely low-light situations because of this

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Rod cells are more sensitive to green light

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Glare

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When bright light causes temporary blindness in both humans and animals

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Where does human image conversion occur?

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In the rod and cone cells

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What parts of the eye gathers and focuses light?

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Lens
Iris
Cornea
Aqueous humor

LICA

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What part of the eye converts images to nervous impulses?

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Fovea centralis. Special cells of the retina

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What part of the eye transmits impulses to the brain?

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Optic nerve

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What is the primary job of Rod and cone cells of the eye?

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Image conversion ( in the retina)

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Which cells in the eye are sensitive to yellow light?

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Cones

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What causes colorblindness?

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A lack of cones sensitive to a particular color or colors

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Most cones are located in the ______ ________in high concentration

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Fovea centralis

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Cones can detect changes in brightness which is also known as__________.

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Contrast perception

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Rods are sensitive to as little as ______photons

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15

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Rod cells function by photosensitization of ____________

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Rhodopsin

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Attenuation

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Reduction in the total number of X Ray photons remaining in the beam after passing through a given thickness of material (patient).

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Remnant beam (exit beam)

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  • The beam that comes out of the patient
  • less intense than the entrance beam
  • contains radiologically significant info needed by radiologist to make diagnosis
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When the patients thickness is increased the attenuation and exposure factors (increases/decreases)

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Increases

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X rays are attenuated exponentially, what does that mean?

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  • reduced by a certain percentage for each given thickness of material they pass through
  • never reaches 0, each succeeding thickness of material reduces the # of photons by only a fraction of the previous amount.
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When the patients thickness is increased the attenuation and exposure factors (increases/decreases)
Increases
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high-atomic number materials attenuate (greater/lower) percentage of the beam then low-atomic number materials
Greater
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Attenuation
Reduction in the total number of X Ray photons remaining in the beam after passing through a given thickness of material (patient).
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Remnant beam (exit beam)
- The beam that comes out of the patient - less intense than the entrance beam - contains radiologically significant info needed by radiologist to make diagnosis
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When the patients thickness is increased the attenuation and exposure factors (increases/decreases)
Increases
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high-atomic number materials attenuate (greater/lower) percentage of the beam than low-atomic number materials
Greater
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Higher atomic numbers have an (increase/decrease) in attenuation
Increase ( like bone + contrast agents)
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Bone produces (less/more) image receptor exposure
Less
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Density
- The quantity of matter per unit of volume measured in kilograms per cubic meter. - how tightly the atoms of a given substance are packed together
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When density is increased, like with bone, attenuation is (greater/less) then other substances, such as lung tissue
Greater
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What is the greatest variable the radiographer faces when performing a radiographic procedure?
The human body and its tissues
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What does the body primarily consist of (at the atomic level) ?
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
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Three different ways patients affect attenuation of image
- patient thickness - tissue density - atomic number
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How does air appear on a radiograph, why?
Black. Air has significantly lower tissue density, so it absorbs fewer photons as they pass meaning more reach the IR.
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Where is air naturally present?
Lungs, sinuses, small amount in the GI tract and on an ABD X-Ray it's seen in the stomach and colon
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How does fat appear on an image
Looks grey (perirenal fat capsule around the kidneys allows us to pick them out on an image)
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How does muscle appear on a radiograph?
Less grey than fat (psoas muscles on abdomen)
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What is a greater attenuater of the beam (fat/muscle)?
Muscle
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How does bone appear on a radiograph, why
- White - Ca has a higher atomic #, and bone has a high density. - therefore, bone absorbs the beam and there is less exposure to IR
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There are no rods in the______ ________.
Fovea centralis
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A visual phenomenon involving the perception of extremely small or faint detail is _______ ________.
Threshold detection
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Minimizing background exposure and other artifacts such as visual noise....helps with ________
Threshold detection
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Why does the boundary effect occur?
Because the visual system has trouble perceiving contrast differences that are distant from each other
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The ________ ________occurs when the eye perceives a boundary. Each time there is a change in exposure, there is also a change intensity of impulses sent to the brain
Mach effect
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_________ __________ compresses the entire grayscale while making the boundary appear more distinct than it really is
Edge enhancement
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Contrast perception is greatly increased when a ________motion is used.
Scanning
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Because photosensitive cells in the eye can integrate a limited amount of information, eye movement avoids _________of the optical nerves.
Saturation
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In simple terms, define veil glare.
Brightlight scatters inside the eye and decreases contrast perception. (occurs when an intense bright light floods the eye directly)
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The fovea centralis creates a blind spot at a viewing distance of _________
9 inches
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Pattern recognition involves comparing.....____________
Mental images of patterns
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What is the true domain of the radiologists medical knowledge and competence?
Pattern recognition
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True or false? Radiological positioning requires knowledge about shape and location of skeletal and soft tissue structures and an in depth understanding of their anatomical relationship
True
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How do radiological technologist achieve a 3-D view
By taking two images as close to 90° to one another as possible
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What are the dimensional views required for all exams?
Anterior to posterior, medial to lateral, superior to inferior
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Define attenuation;
Reduction of the total number of x-ray photons after passing through a given thickness
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The results of x-rays interacting with matter and being absorbed or scattered
Attenuation
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X-rays are attenuated exponentially, meaning....
They are reduced by a certain percent for each given thickness
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The __________ beam is altered as it passes through the patient
Incident
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What type of beam exits the patient and goes to the IR?
The remnant beam
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How tightly the Atoms of a given substance are packed together
Density
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What is the greatest variable the radiographer faces when performing a radiographic procedure
The patient
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At the atomic level, the body consists primarily of | ______,_______,_______,_____.
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
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What is the atomic number of calcium which is found in bones and teeth?
20
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What 4 major substances account for most of the variations and x-ray absorption in the body?
Air, fat, muscle and bone
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Which has a higher effective atomic number and greater tissue density? Fat or muscle
Muscle
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What 4 properties does the patient have an impact on when it comes to radiographic quality?
Density/image receptor exposure, contrast, recorded detail and distortion
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Subject contrast is...
The difference of densities on an image
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Subject density is....
The impact the patient has on the radiographic density/image receptor exposure
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Greater sharpness will result when the anatomical part is _________ to the image receptor
Closer

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