Radiography

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Test sobre Radiography, creado por Laura Purssell el 30/05/2015.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What does radiolucent mean?
Respuesta
  • Opaque to x-rays
  • Invisible to x-rays

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What density is radiopaque?
Respuesta
  • Metal
  • Air

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Are all of these labels correct?
Respuesta
  • Yes
  • No

Pregunta 4

Respuesta
  • Focusing cup
  • Filament
  • Target (anode)
  • Rotor

Pregunta 5

Respuesta
  • Focusing cup
  • Filament
  • Target (anode)
  • Rotor

Pregunta 6

Respuesta
  • Glass envelope
  • Filament
  • Electrons
  • Bearings

Pregunta 7

Respuesta
  • Glass envelope
  • Filament
  • Electrons
  • Bearings

Pregunta 8

Respuesta
  • Glass envelope
  • Electrons
  • Filament
  • Bearings

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
What is the heel effect?
Respuesta
  • The beam is more concentrated on the cathode side
  • The beam is more concentrated on the anode side
  • The imaginary line following the centremost part of the beam
  • The imaginary line following the outermost part of the beam

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What is the central ray?
Respuesta
  • The beam is more concentrated on the cathode side
  • The beam is more concentrated on the anode side
  • An imaginary line following the centremost part of the beam
  • An imaginary line following the outermost part of the beam

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Controlling the size of the beam is a legal requirement
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Keeping the beam large makes the image sharper
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
If a smaller volume of tissue is irradiated, is a smaller or larger scatter generated?
Respuesta
  • Smaller
  • Larger

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Is scatter desirable?
Respuesta
  • Yes - it causes sharpness of the image and decreases the patient's radiation dose
  • No - it causes unsharpness of the image and increases the patient's radiation dose

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
What structure controls the beam?
Respuesta
  • Collimator
  • Target (anode)
  • Filament
  • Grid

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
How does a collimator work?
Respuesta
  • Reflects/absorbs the x-rays
  • Concentrates the beam

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
Where should the patient be placed in regards to the Bucky and tube?
Respuesta
  • Close to the Bucky, far away from the tube
  • Far away from the Bucky, close to the tube
  • Close to the Bucky, close to the tube
  • Far away from the Bucky, far away from the tube

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
What is true regarding the beam passing through the patient?
Respuesta
  • Some x-rays are absorbed and stop their travel
  • Some are scattered and continue to travel
  • All scattered x-rays continue to travel in the correct direction
  • A remnant beam exits the patient
  • The remnant beam is accompanied by any scatter travelling in a similar direction
  • All scattered x-rays will accompany the remnant beam

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding the Bucky?
Respuesta
  • It is placed immediately in front of the patient
  • It has a tray to hold the receptor
  • It has a grid to allow as much scatter as possible to reach the receptor
  • It has a grid to prevent as much scatter as possible from reaching the receptor
  • There are different types of grids

Pregunta 20

Respuesta
  • Collimator
  • Bucky
  • Grid
  • Receptor
  • Filament

Pregunta 21

Respuesta
  • Collimator
  • Bucky
  • Grid
  • Receptor
  • Filament

Pregunta 22

Respuesta
  • Collimator
  • Bucky
  • Grid
  • Receptor
  • Filament

Pregunta 23

Pregunta
What is the grid ratio?
Respuesta
  • Relationship between the height of the lead strips and the width of the spaces between them
  • Relationship between the weight of the lead strips and the width of the spaces between them

Pregunta 24

Pregunta
How are the strips placed in a non-focussed grid?
Respuesta
  • Parallel
  • Angled - matches angles of the x-rays exiting the patient, must be used with the tube at a specific distance away
  • Moving - increases efficiency and hides any lines that may be caused by the grid material

Pregunta 25

Pregunta
How are the strips placed in a focussed grid?
Respuesta
  • Parallel
  • Angled - matches angles of the x-rays exiting the patient, must be used with the tube at a specific distance away
  • Moving - increases efficiency and hides any lines that may be caused by the grid material

Pregunta 26

Pregunta
How are the strips placed in a reciprocating grid?
Respuesta
  • Parallel
  • Angled - matches angles of the x-rays exiting the patient, must be used with the tube at a specific distance away
  • Moving - increases efficiency and hides any lines that may be caused by the grid material

Pregunta 27

Pregunta
What are the correct facts regarding receptors?
Respuesta
  • Device used to capture the remnant beam
  • Device used to capture the scatter beams
  • Can be a film or digital system

Pregunta 28

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding film receptors?
Respuesta
  • A single piece of film is supported in a cassette
  • A film is typically one-sided
  • There is an intensifying screen on one side of the film
  • The film needs to be processed in a darkroom so the image becomes visible

Pregunta 29

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding a digital receptor?
Respuesta
  • A single sided receptor array supported in a cassette
  • There is also a filament in the cassette
  • The image has already been processed electronically
  • The latent image is formed directly on the receptor, which reacts to the x-ray beam

Pregunta 30

Pregunta
With either film or digital, you end up with an image which can be viewed on either a light box (film) or computer screen (digital)
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 31

Pregunta
What is the kVP (kilovolts peak)?
Respuesta
  • Controls the penetrating power of the x-ray beam
  • Controls the number of electrons crossing from the cathode to the anode
  • The time that the electrons are allowed to cross the tube for

Pregunta 32

Pregunta
What is the mA (milliamperes)?
Respuesta
  • Controls the number of electrons crossing from the cathode to the anode
  • Controls the penetrating power of the x-ray beam
  • The time that the electrons are allowed to cross the tube for

Pregunta 33

Pregunta
What are x-ray factors expressed in?
Respuesta
  • kVp
  • mA
  • s

Pregunta 34

Pregunta
Where is the x-ray created?
Respuesta
  • Anode
  • Cathode
  • Filament

Pregunta 35

Pregunta
How fast does a rotating anode spin per minute?
Respuesta
  • 3400 revolutions
  • 3000 revolutions
  • 3200 revolutions
  • 3600 revolutions

Pregunta 36

Pregunta
Why does the anode spin?
Respuesta
  • Reduces wear
  • Spreads the load on the anode
  • Allows lower tube currents
  • Allow shorter times

Pregunta 37

Pregunta
What facts are correct regarding Bremsstrahlung?
Respuesta
  • The x-ray beam is heterogeneous
  • The energy of the Bremsstrahlung x-ray will vary depending on how far an electron penetrates a target atom
  • The energy of the Bremsstrahlung x-ray will vary depending on how quickly an electron penetrates a target atom
  • X-rays of a single energy will be produced
  • kVP controls the range of energies produced
  • mA controls the range of energies produced
  • Interactions in the outer part of the atom generate weaker x-rays, the inner part is stronger
  • Interactions in the outer part of the atom generate stronger x-rays, the inner part is weaker
  • X-ray Bremsstrahlung comprises a range of energies from an identifiable maximum to an indeterminate minimum

Pregunta 38

Pregunta
How do you control Bremsstrahlung?
Respuesta
  • kVp controls the maximum energy within the beam
  • kVp controls the minimum energy within the beam
  • mA and s control the number of photons of energy within the beam
  • mA and s control the penetration rate of photons within the beam

Pregunta 39

Pregunta
What are the two major parts on the cathode side of the tube?
Respuesta
  • Filament and focusing cup
  • Filament and bearings
  • Bearings and rotor
  • Rotor and focusing cup

Pregunta 40

Pregunta
What does the filament release when it's heated?
Respuesta
  • Cloud of electrons (thermionic emission)
  • Cloud of protons (thermionic emission)
  • Cloud of atoms (thermionic emission)

Pregunta 41

Pregunta
Is the focusing cup positively or negatively charged?
Respuesta
  • Positively
  • Negatively

Pregunta 42

Pregunta
Why does the focusing cup condense the electron cloud?
Respuesta
  • Encounters a smaller area of the target
  • Encounters a larger area of the target

Pregunta 43

Pregunta
What directions are Bremsstrahlung radiation produced?
Respuesta
  • All directions
  • Forwards
  • Backwards
  • Laterally

Pregunta 44

Pregunta
What is the only part of the beam required?
Respuesta
  • Beam travelling towards the patient
  • Beam travelling away from the patient
  • Beam travelling upwards through the patient
  • Beam travelling downwards through the patient

Pregunta 45

Pregunta
Why is there an oil filled space between the housing and the tube?
Respuesta
  • Absorbs the heat that is produced
  • Reduces the scatter
  • Decreases the amount of electron penetration
  • Decreases the number of electrons of energy in the beam

Pregunta 46

Pregunta
What is the role of the collimator?
Respuesta
  • Improves quality of the image
  • Limits the beam
  • Not a legal requirement
  • Desirable

Pregunta 47

Pregunta
If the beam is restricted, is the scatter radiation increased or decreased?
Respuesta
  • Increased
  • Decreased

Pregunta 48

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding scatter?
Respuesta
  • Restricting the beam reduces scatter
  • Restricting the beam increases scatter
  • Reducing scatter radiation improves image quality
  • Reducing scatter radiation reduces image quality
  • Restricting the beam reduces the patient's radiation dose
  • Restricting the beam increases the patient's radiation dose

Pregunta 49

Pregunta
What is scatter often referred to as?
Respuesta
  • Compton scatter
  • Compton electron
  • Recoil electron

Pregunta 50

Pregunta
Where can the outer shell electron gain some energy from and what does it become?
Respuesta
  • Photon - becomes recoil/Compton electron
  • Neutron - becomes recoil/Compton electron
  • Electron - becomes Compton scatter
  • Photon - becomes Compton scatter

Pregunta 51

Pregunta
What happens to the x-ray photon when it collides with an outer shell electron?
Respuesta
  • Retains the remainder energy, but changes course (scatters) in a random direction
  • Increases its energy, but changes course (scatters) in a random direction
  • Decreases its energy, but changes course (scatters) in a random direction

Pregunta 52

Pregunta
Does the kVp value have a direct effect on scatter, regarding amount produced and direction of scatter?
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 53

Pregunta
Does a collimator compress and focus the x-ray beam?
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 54

Pregunta
A collimator works by 2 pairs of lead leaves which absorb or reflect the x-ray beam
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 55

Pregunta
Does a low kVp increase or decrease the scatter formation?
Respuesta
  • Decrease
  • Increase

Pregunta 56

Pregunta
If there is less scatter, how does the image look?
Respuesta
  • Less image
  • More image

Pregunta 57

Pregunta
What is needed to to counteract the less image?
Respuesta
  • More mA's
  • Less mA's

Pregunta 58

Pregunta
Why can a high mA be bad for a patient?
Respuesta
  • Higher patient dose
  • Produces more scatter
  • Decreases clarity of the image

Pregunta 59

Pregunta
What does a high kVp affect?
Respuesta
  • Contrast
  • Sharpness

Pregunta 60

Pregunta
What is good contrast?
Respuesta
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Low kVp
  • High kVp

Pregunta 61

Pregunta
What is optical density?
Respuesta
  • Overall darkness of the image
  • Overall lightness of the image

Pregunta 62

Pregunta
How do you maintain optical density?
Respuesta
  • Balance of kVp and mA is needed
  • kVp controls penetration
  • mA controls the colour of the image

Pregunta 63

Pregunta
What do you increase the kVp by to double the optical density?
Respuesta
  • 10%
  • 15%
  • 20%
  • 5%

Pregunta 64

Pregunta
What do you increase the mA by to double the optical density?
Respuesta
  • 100%
  • 80%
  • 120%
  • 90%

Pregunta 65

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding the control panel?
Respuesta
  • Allows you to set kVp, mA and s
  • Allows upright v recumbent grids to be selected
  • Allows exposure to be made
  • Allows AEC (Automatic Exposure Chamber) and exact chamber to be selected

Pregunta 66

Pregunta
How many target sizes are there?
Respuesta
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Pregunta 67

Pregunta
What size target is used for smaller exposures?
Respuesta
  • Smaller target
  • Larger target

Pregunta 68

Pregunta
What are correct facts regarding target size
Respuesta
  • Appropriate target sizes are used to avoid overheating the target material
  • The target size affects the quality of the image
  • The smaller target produces a larger penumbra around the image - causing it to looked blurred
  • The larger target produces a larger penumbra around the image - causing it to looked blurred
  • The larger target is used for smaller exposures
  • There are commonly 5 targets in an x-ray tube

Pregunta 69

Pregunta
The penumbra increases as the subject-receptor distance decreases
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 70

Pregunta
The penumbra decreases as the target-subject distance increases
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 71

Pregunta
The distance between the target and the subject, and the subject and receptor will affect the image
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 72

Pregunta
What is the subject-receptor distance also known as, and what size is desirable?
Respuesta
  • Object-image distance (OID) - small
  • Object-image distance (OID) - large
  • Source-image distance (SID) - small
  • Source-image distance (SID) - large

Pregunta 73

Pregunta
What benefits does a small OID give?
Respuesta
  • Reduces magnification
  • Geometric unsharpness
  • Reduces penumbra effect
  • Lower energy x-ray photons to dissipate
  • Allows the beam to be more homogenous

Pregunta 74

Pregunta
What distance is desirable for the Source-image distance (SID)?
Respuesta
  • Long
  • Short

Pregunta 75

Pregunta
What benefits are there with a long SID?
Respuesta
  • Reduces penumbra effect
  • Allows the lower energy x-ray photons to dissipate
  • Makes the beam more homogenous
  • Reduces magnification
  • Geometric un-sharpness

Pregunta 76

Pregunta
Is distortion undesirable in an x-ray image?
Respuesta
  • Yes
  • No

Pregunta 77

Pregunta
Why does distortion occur?
Respuesta
  • When there is too much energy penetrating the patient
  • When the anatomy lies at an inappropriate angle to the receptor, or vice versa

Pregunta 78

Pregunta
What factors make an x-ray optimal?
Respuesta
  • Collimate the beam to the relevant anatomy
  • Select a large target size
  • Have a short OID
  • Have a long OID
  • Have a short SID
  • Have a long SID
  • Selecting kVp to allow adequate penetration
  • Selecting mA ensuring enough photons get through the subject
  • Consider anatomy to the receptor
  • Ensuring balance of kVp and mAs to a suitable level of contrast

Pregunta 79

Pregunta
How can the Bucky be placed?
Respuesta
  • Vertically
  • Horizontally
  • Diagonally

Pregunta 80

Pregunta
What facts are correct regarding the Bucky?
Respuesta
  • Designed to hold a receptor
  • There is only one type of Bucky
  • It cannot be moved into various positions
  • It holds an anti-scatter grid
  • It holds the receptor close to the grid and the grid close to the protective front plate
  • It can contain automatic exposure chambers

Pregunta 81

Pregunta
What is the role of an anti-scatter grid?
Respuesta
  • To eliminate as much scatter as possible as it exits the patient and before it reaches the receptor
  • To eliminate as much scatter as possible as it enters the patient
  • To focus the scatter before it reaches the receptor
  • To decrease the amount of radiation to the patient

Pregunta 82

Pregunta
What is the grid ratio?
Respuesta
  • Height divided by the interspace thickness
  • Number of grid strips per centimetre

Pregunta 83

Pregunta
What is the grid frequency?
Respuesta
  • Number of grid strips per centimetre
  • Height divided by the interspace thickness

Pregunta 84

Pregunta
What type of lines does a linear grid have?
Respuesta
  • Parallel
  • Diagonal
  • Criss-cross

Pregunta 85

Pregunta
Where is a linear grid most efficient?
Respuesta
  • At the central section of the grid
  • At the outermost section of the grid
  • Over the whole grid

Pregunta 86

Pregunta
What is the cheapest and easiest grid to make?
Respuesta
  • Linear/parallel grid
  • Focused
  • Crossed
  • Static
  • Moving/reciprocating

Pregunta 87

Pregunta
What type of grid has angled strips?
Respuesta
  • Focused
  • Linear/parallel
  • Static
  • Crossed
  • Moving/reciprocating

Pregunta 88

Pregunta
Which portion of the grid matches the direction of the beam?
Respuesta
  • Whole grid
  • Centre portion of the grid
  • Outermost portion of the grid

Pregunta 89

Pregunta
What is the aim of a reciprocating grid?
Respuesta
  • Blur the shadows of the grid strips so they're not visible on the image
  • To decrease the amount of radiation
  • To improve the contrast of the image

Pregunta 90

Pregunta
What types of strips can a reciprocating grid have?
Respuesta
  • Parallel
  • Focused
  • Crossed

Pregunta 91

Pregunta
Why are crossed grids commonly found in general radiography practice?
Respuesta
  • They are extremely effective at scatter removal, as they're made up for 2 grids running at 90 degrees to each other
  • They are extremely effective at scatter removal, as they're made up for 4 grids running at 90 degrees to each other
  • They are the cheapest form of imaging
  • Difficult to use as the central part of the beam must be perpendicular and central to the grids

Pregunta 92

Pregunta
Why is an air gap beneficial instead of a grid?
Respuesta
  • Reduces the dose
  • Decreases the time exposed to the radiation
  • The image becomes clearer

Pregunta 93

Pregunta
What does the cassette hold close together?
Respuesta
  • Intensifying screens and film
  • Film and filament
  • Receptor and grid
  • Glass envelope and bearings

Pregunta 94

Pregunta
What do the phosphors act as in the intensifying screens?
Respuesta
  • Amplifiers - they convert the x-rays into visible light which then interacts with the film
  • Depressors - they convert the x-rays into visible light which then interacts with the film

Pregunta 95

Pregunta
What does the phosphor layer contain?
Respuesta
  • Crystals - image obtained depends on the size of these crystals
  • Protons - image obtained depends on the amount of these protons

Pregunta 96

Pregunta
What is spectral matching?
Respuesta
  • The emulsion is set to match the colour of light being emitted by the intensifying screens
  • The base is lightly tinted (pale blue or grey) to match the colour of light being emitted by the intensifying screens
  • Silver halide crystals are active in the emulsion
  • The emulsions are covered by a fine, translucent protective layer

Pregunta 97

Pregunta
A digital receptor has intensifying screens or film and an area for patient information
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 98

Pregunta
What facts are correct regarding digital receptors?
Respuesta
  • Cassette is a rigid, light-tight and dust-proof support
  • There is an area for patient information
  • There is a single sided imaging plate
  • There is a double sided imaging plate
  • The latent image is still invisible and needs to be processed

Pregunta 99

Pregunta
What is the order in an intensifying screen?
Respuesta
  • 1) Protective coating 2) Phosphor (emulsion) layer 3) Reflective layer 4) Base
  • 1) Protective coating 2) Reflective layer 3) Phosphor (emulsion) layer 4) Base

Pregunta 100

Pregunta
What is the base made of?
Respuesta
  • Strong, flexible, chemically inert material (e.g. plastic)
  • Weak, flexible, chemically inert material (e.g. plastic)
  • Strong, solid, chemically inert material (e.g. plastic)
  • Weak, solid, chemically inert material (e.g. plastic)

Pregunta 101

Pregunta
The higher the speed, the more re-active the screen is
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 102

Pregunta
What layers does the x-ray beam pass through?
Respuesta
  • Base
  • Reflective layer
  • Protective layer
  • Phosphor layer

Pregunta 103

Pregunta
Does the x-ray beam interact with the phosphor layer to emit light?
Respuesta
  • Yes
  • No

Pregunta 104

Pregunta
Why do the phosphors have a high atomic number?
Respuesta
  • So the x-ray absorption is high
  • So the x-ray absorption is low
  • So the light emitted from the x-ray beam is high
  • So the light emitted from the x-ray beam is low

Pregunta 105

Pregunta
What is the x-ray conversion efficiency?
Respuesta
  • Large amount of light per absorption of x-ray photons
  • Small amount of light per absorption of x-ray photons

Pregunta 106

Pregunta
How much afterglow is optimal?
Respuesta
  • Maximal
  • Minimal

Pregunta 107

Pregunta
Should the phosphors be affected by heat, humidity or any other environmental effects?
Respuesta
  • Yes
  • No

Pregunta 108

Pregunta
What do the emulsion layers of the intensifying screens contain that react to x-rays?
Respuesta
  • Crystals
  • Electrons
  • Protons
  • Light waves

Pregunta 109

Pregunta
What size crystals produce finer, more contained light?
Respuesta
  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large

Pregunta 110

Pregunta
What needs to happen in screens with small crystals?
Respuesta
  • More exposure to produce the same amount of image than screens with larger crystals - more dose
  • Less exposure to produce the same amount of image than screens with larger crystals - less dose

Pregunta 111

Pregunta
Where are fine crystal screens most commonly used?
Respuesta
  • Areas away from the torso
  • Lumbar spine
  • Pelvis
  • Thoracic spine

Pregunta 112

Pregunta
What direction is light emitted from the phosphors?
Respuesta
  • All directions
  • Diagonally
  • Vertically
  • Horizontally

Pregunta 113

Pregunta
What is the role of the reflective layer?
Respuesta
  • Redirects the light emitted from the phosphors, so as much light as possible is travelling towards the film
  • Redirects the scatter away from the receptor, so a minute amount of scatter is travelling towards the film

Pregunta 114

Pregunta
What percentage of the image is formed by the direct interaction of x-rays with the film?
Respuesta
  • 1%
  • 10%
  • 70%
  • 50%

Pregunta 115

Pregunta
What is the role of the protective layer of the intensifying screen?
Respuesta
  • Fine translucent layer to protect the phosphors from dust and abrasion
  • Thick translucent layer to protect the phosphors from dust and abrasion
  • Fine coloured layer to protect the phosphors from dust and abrasion

Pregunta 116

Pregunta
What is the active ingredient in the emulsion of a film?
Respuesta
  • Silver halide crystals
  • Gold halide crystals
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