Rad Tech 146 Cypress College Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
What imaging modality utilizes radiation to produce cross sectional images (slices) of the
anatomy - answer✔CT scan
What is another name for Sonography - answer✔Ultrasound
What modality uses radio frequencies of magnetic domains to produce cross sectional images?
- answer✔MRI
What radiologic discipline uses contrast media and sophisticated computer software to
visualize blood vessels - answer✔Cardiac Cath Lab
What modality combines the technology of both Nuclear Medicine and Computerized
tomography to create cross sectional images of the anatomy? - answer✔PET scan
Which imaging modality uses radiation to image breast tissue? - answer✔Momography
What modality uses a sensitive scanner to detect radiation being emitted from a patients body?
- answer✔Nuclear Medicine
What discipline uses radiation levels which exceeds that of the diagnostic range? -
answer✔Radiation Therapy
What was the name of the experimental tube used to study the behavior and conduction of
electrons? - answer✔Crookes tube
What material 'glows' when exposed to cathode rays - answer✔Barium Platinocyanide
What year did Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discover X-rays? - answer✔November 8, 1895
What term is used to describe a material specialty that employs radiation, radio frequencies,
and sound waves to diagnose and treat diseases - answer✔Diagnostic imaging
what term best describes a 'bundle' of energy - answer✔Photon
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