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What is the function of the circulation system of automatic processing systems?

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Mixes and filters solutions

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What is the function of the replenishment system of automatic processing systems?

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Adds fresh chemistry each time a film is processed

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What are the lines that are longitudinally orientated in the direction of the transport film called?

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guide shoe artifacts (guide lines)

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What is the purpose of intensifying screens?

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Reduce exposure necessary to make image by converting x-ray energy to visible light

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What is the term for visible light emission in response to outside stimulation?

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Luminescence

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_____% of x-rays incident on x-ray film will interact with the film

_____% of x-rays incident on screen will interact to produce visible light

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_____% of x-rays incident on x-ray film will interact with the film

_____% of x-rays incident on screen will interact to produce visible light

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Doster: “What protects the intensifying screen from physical damage?”

Answer: _______________

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Protective coating

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What layer of the intensifying screen produces light?

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Phosphor layer

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Does the phosphor layer of intensifying screens fluoresce or phosphoresce?

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Fluoresce

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What layer of the intensifying screen projects light toward film?

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Reflective layer

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What parts make up intensifying screens?

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Protective coating

Phosphor layer

Reflective layer

Base (plastic)

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What are some requirements that help the phosphor layer of intensifying screens interact?

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High atomic # - increase probability of photoelectric interaction

Spectral matching - produce light in blue/green spectrum

High conversion efficiency

Minimum afterglow

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What type of compounds are used for the phosphor layer of of intensifying screens?

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Rare earth phosphors such as

Lanthanum
Yttrium
Gadolinium

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Rare earth phosphors become more efficient as what increase?

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kVp (>60kVp)

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What is the formula for intensification factor?

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Exposure without screen divided by exposure with screen needed to produce optical density of 1

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Exposure without screen divided by exposure with screen needed to produce optical density of 1 is known as what?

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Intensification factor

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Pertaining to intensifying screens, increased crystal concentration, size, and thickness of phosphor layer will ______ speed and ________ resolution

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increase speed and decrease resolution

It is analogous to film

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Spatial Resolution of intensifying screens are expressed as what?

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Line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm)

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Normal spatial resolution regarding line pairs/mm range from what to what?

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7 to 15 lp/mm

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As screen speed increases, what happens to resolution?

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Resolution decreases

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What has better resolution? The x-ray film or the screen?

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X-ray film has better resolution, the screen has most influence on system speed

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Do screens “wear out”?

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no

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23
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How do you clean cassettes?

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Mild soap/water or special cleaning solutions

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When putting x-ray film on the screen, should they be in contact?

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Yes! They could have complete contact, a blurred area suggest poor film/screen contact
When putting x-ray film on the screen, should they be in contact?

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What are the 3 operator control panel settings that are non-physical?
Kilovoltage peak (kVp) Milliamperage (mA) Time (fractions of seconds)
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What is a physical factor that controls exposure?
Source-image distance
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What does kVp control regarding the x-ray beam?
X-ray beam quality The quality controls the ability to penetrate and quantity but not a proportional level
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As kVp increases, what happens to differential absorption?
Differential absorption decreases, which causes contrast to decrease
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What happens to contrast as kVp increases?
Contrast decreases
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What does mA determine in relation to x-rays?
X-ray beam quantity
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mA and time can be combined as a product called _______.
mAs
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When mA or time is changed, what is affected in relation to the x-ray beam?
ONLY the quantity | proportional
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What determines the area impacted by the projectile electrons?
Focal spot size - it is on the anode
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Does smaller or larger focal spot size affect the quantity or quality of photon production at a given kVp and mAs?
No it does not affect quantity or quality! BUT It determines the area over which projectile electron energy is distributed.... It can be a limiting factor for how much kVp and mAs can be safely used without heat damage to the anode
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What is the fixed amount of filtering that is built into the x-ray machine to meet government safety standards?
Inherent filtration
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What is the additional aluminum or leaded plexiglass filters added to the collimator?
Added filtration
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What are the 3 basic types of high voltage generators that are still in use?
Single phase (full wave rectified) Three phase High frequency (latest and greatest technology - reduces voltage ripple)
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What is the most efficient type of high voltage generator that has the lowest voltage ripple, most efficient x-ray production, and lower patient dose?
High frequency
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What are some patient factors that affect x-ray technique?
Body Habitus - radiographic exposure charts correlate patient measurements with correct selection of kVp and mAs Part thickness - thickness of the tissue to be x-rayed determines the exposure factor setting Composition of tissue - some tissues have more inherent contrast Pathology - tissue density can be increased or decreased by disease processes
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Why are patient measurements taken in centimeters and not inches?
Because centimeters are smaller than inches and less likely to give you fractional values
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What is patient body habitus?
Radiographic exposure charts that correlate patient measurements with correct selection of kVp and mAs
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Optical density of x-ray image refers to what?
How much light can pass through
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Overexposed x-ray film appears what color?
black
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Underexposed x-ray film appears what color?
white
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What is the primary control of optical density of the image?
mAs
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If a film is over or underexposed enough to have to repeat the x-ray, by how much percentage do you have to change the mAs by in order for it to be a "visible change" to the optical density? How about if the change needs to be significant?
greater than 30% If the change needs to be significant, the mAs should be doubled or halved
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What is the 15% rule?
15% increase in kVp will approximately double exposure of the image receptor
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In order to make a visible change in an image, which requires a greater change? kVp or mAs?
mAs kVp requires a much SMALLER change to get the same result as changing mAs
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If you wanted to double the exposure of the image receptor with a kVp of 80, what would you change the kVp to? why?
92 kVp - the 15% rule states if you increase kVp by 15% it will double the exposure to the image recepto
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Resolution has 2 components known as what?
Spatial resolution Contrast resolution
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Spatial resolution of x-ray film is __________ than resolution of the intensifying screens
Greater
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What is the undesirable fluctuation or alteration of optical density?
Noise
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What are the four components of noise?
Film grain - film crystal size Structure mottle - screen crystal size Quantum mottle - distribution of photons Scatter (most important)
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When x-raying the trunk of a larger patient, is it better to have them in a recumbent position or an upright position?
Recumbent position
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Source-Image Distance | SID
Distance between the source and the film
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Source-Object Distance | SOD
Distance between the source and object you are xraying
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Object-Image Distance | OID
Distance of object and xray film
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1/2 shadow | Created by objects that are outside of the xray beam and intern does not have edge sharpness
Penumbra
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How can you decrease the magnification effect?
Increase SID and decrease OID

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