C-ARM Questions and Answers
What is the C-arm?
type of mobile imaging equipment
What part is at the bottom of the C?
X-ray tube
What part is at the top of the C?
Image intensifier tower
How many monitors are there?
2
What does the monitor on the left show?
Live ima...
C-ARM Questions and Answers
What is the C-arm? - answer type of mobile imaging equipment
What part is at the bottom of the C? - answer X-ray tube
What part is at the top of the C? - answer Image intensifier tower
How many monitors are there? - answer 2
What does the monitor on the left show? - answer Live images
What does the monitor on the right show? - answer Saved image
Define image rotation - answer rotates the image orientation
Define image reversal - answer mirrors image left or right
Define save image - answer saves the image on the left monitor
Define swap - answer swaps the image from the right screen with the image from the
left screen
Define field size/mag - answer magnifies the image on the screen for better
visualizing the structure (especially when surgeon is far away from the monitor)
What are the three mag levels? - answer normal, mag1, mag2
Define shutter collimator open/close - answer opens and closes shutters
Define iris collimator - answer shutters in round shape
Define contrast/brightness - answer adjust the brightness and contrast level display
Define mAs/kVp - answer overrides auto technique
Define pulse - answer creates a x-ray beam that activates at timed increments to
reduce exposure
Define low dose - answer reduces patient dose by 50%
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