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RADT EXAM 1TRUE - ANS-* RADIATION CAN CAUSE CANCER
* SHIELDING AND COLLIMATION REDUCE PATIENT RADIATION DOSE
* THE REMNANT BEAM IS KNOWN AS THE PRIMARY BEAM
* GONADAL SHIELD SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED
* ALMOST ALL SCATTER IS CAUSED BY COMPTON INTERACTIONS
*WITH COLLIMATION THE PENETRATING X-RAYS REMAIN THE SAME
FALSE - ANS-*THE COLLIMATION BOX IS MOUNTED TO THE EXAM TABLE
*LARGER FIELD SIZE EQUALS LESS TISSUE BEING EXPOSED
*POSITIVE BEAM LIMITATION IS A MANUAL COLLIMATION DEVICE
*INCREASING MAS REDUCES PATIENT DOSE
GRID - ANS-A FLAT RECTANGULAR PLATE CONTAINING ALTERNATING LEAD
FOIL STRIPS SEPARATED BY A RADIOTRANSPARENT INTERSPACER MATERIAL
CONTRAST - ANS-SCATTER RADIOTION AFFECTS THE IMAGE "CONTRAST"
FIELD LIMITATIONS - ANS-THE PRIMARY METHOD OF PREVENTING SCATTER
RADIATION FROM BEING PRODUCED IS ..
KVP AND MAS - ANS-AN X RAY EXAM TECHNIQUE IS COMPOSED OF WHICH
TWO FACTORS
ELIMINATING RETAKES - ANS-THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
REDUCING PATIENT DOSE OS
WHENEVER IS CRITICALLY NECESARY - ANS-THE PREGNANT PATIENT SHOULD
HAVE A STUDY INVOLVING RADIATION
GROIN - ANS-FLAT CONTACT SHIELDS OR APRONS LAID DIRECTLY ON THE
PATIENT'S
KVP STAND FOR - ANS-KILOVOLTAGE PEAK
TYPES OF GRIDS ARE - ANS-LINEAR, CROSSHATCHED FOCCUSED
GUSTAV BUCKY - ANS-THE PERSON IS INVENTED THE GREAD IS NAMED
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