AHN 568 Unit 5 Chest X-Ray Interpretation Questions and Answers 2024/2025
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AHN 568
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AHN 568
This view is the standard view for chest x-rays requiring the patient to stand erect, happens in
the radiology department, and detector to be at least 6 feet away.
PA View
The PA view has the patients front or back placed against the x-ray film?
Front
In the PA view the x-ray bean tra...
AHN 568 Unit 5 Chest X-Ray
Interpretation Questions and Answers
2024/2025
This view is the standard view for chest x-rays requiring the patient to stand erect, happens in
the radiology department, and detector to be at least 6 feet away.
PA View
The PA view has the patients front or back placed against the x-ray film?
Front
In the PA view the x-ray bean tranverses the patient
A) from back to front
B) from front to back
C) from right to left
D) from left to right
A - from back to front.
The PA view causes the cardiac silhouette to appear larger than the AP view. True or false?
False - the heart appears larger in the AP view b/c it is further away from the film
and casts a larger shadow.
This view is used for patients who are sick and unable to stand for their chest x-ray.
lateral view b/c it shows the deepest aspects of the costophrenic angles not that are
not visible on the AP or PA view.
With a typical lateral film, a nodule on the right would appear larger or smaller than an
identical sized nodule on the left.
larger b/c it is further away from the film and casts a larger shadow. (more
magnification, less sharp image)
When viewing the AP or PA Chest x-ray image, a nodule that appears on the right is actually
located on the patients
A) right
B) left
C) anterior
D) posterior
left
An object is considered radiolucent if it is very light in color meaning it has lack of X-ray
exposure. true or false?
False - Radiolucent = black or very dark = intense X-ray exposure
The more radiation that hits the film the darker the image. True or False
True - the lungs appear black b/c air absorbs the least amount of radiation so
radiation penetrates through the lungs and appears dark on the film.
Bone and metal absorb the most radiation and appear black. True or false
False - the more radiation an object absorbs the whiter it appears
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