* 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 - ANSWERS*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 - ANSWERSA FLAT RECTANGULAR PLATE CONTAINING ALTERNATING LEAD FOIL STRIPS SEPARATED
BY A RADIOTRANSPARENT INTERSPACER MATERIAL
CONTRAST - ANSWERSSCATTER RADIOTION AFFECTS THE IMAGE "CONTRAST"
FIELD LIMITATIONS - ANSWERSTHE PRIMARY METHOD OF PREVENTING SCATTER RADIATION FROM
BEING PRODUCED IS ..
KVP AND MAS - ANSWERSAN X RAY EXAM TECHNIQUE IS COMPOSED OF WHICH TWO FACTORS
ELIMINATING RETAKES - ANSWERSTHE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN REDUCING PATIENT DOSE
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