TBR-CT - Training From The BACK Of The Room Certified Trainer
TBR-CT - Training from the BACK of the Room Certified Trainer
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Image produced is a trans axial or transverse that is perpendicular to the long axis of
the body – answer CT
The plane of the image is parallel to the long axis of the body - answer Axial
tomography
The part of the CT scanner that houses the x-ray tube, cooling system, detector
assembly, and data acquisition system (DAS) - answer Gantry
Related to the x-ray attenuation coefficient of the tissue contained in the voxel - answer
Hounsfield unit (HU)
When source detector assembly makes one sweep across the patient/internal structure
- answer Translation
Mathematical formula used to carry out complex calculations required for image
reconstruction - answerAlgorithm
An arrangement of cells in rows and columns - answerImage matrix
The individual cells in an image matrix - answerPixel
Tissue volume, the basic unit of a CT image Determined by multiplying the pixel size by
the thickness of the CT image slice - answerVoxel
Area of anatomy displayed by the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) - answerFOV (Field of
View)
As the FOV of a fixed matrix size is increased, pixel size________________ -
answerincreases proportionately
As matrix size increases for a fixed FOV, pixel size______________ - answerdecreases
Axial or transverse plane Should be viewed as if one is at the patient's
____________________ - answerfeet and looking up toward the head
In Axial or transverse plane Patient's right is to the viewer's_______ - answerleft
A longitudinal plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions -
answerCoronal
, A longitudinal plane dividing the body into right and left portions - answerSagittal
Bones and other dense material - answerwhite
Air and lower density material - answerblack
Fat, muscle, and organs - answervarious shades of gray
Bone has a value of - answer+150 or up to +1000
Dense bone has a value of - answer+1000 to + 3000
Air has a CT value of - answer-1000
A longitudinal or transverse plane that is at an angle or slant and not parallel to the
sagittal, coronal or horizontal planes. - answerOblique
Shades of gray are assigned CT numbers between those of - answerbone and air.
The brain is surrounded by three protective layers called ____________ -
answermeninges
The inner most protective layers of the Brain - answerPia matter
The middle protective layers of the Brain - answerArachnoid
The Outer most protective layer of the brain - answerDura mater
Lies between arachnoid and pia mater; CSF circulates in this space. -
answerSubarachnoid
Composed of the midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata - answerBrainstem
Lies in the postero-inferior region of the cranium - answerCerebellum
largest ventricle, found in each cerebral hemisphere - answerLateral ventricles
Supply the anterior structures of the brain - answer2 internal carotid arteries
Transverse the neck and enter the posterior skull by way of the foramen magnum -
answer2 vertebral arteries
prevents blood loss in the brain by a unique arterial anastomosis - answerCircle of Willis
Created by gaps formed between the inner and outer layers of the dura mater -
answerDural venous sinuses
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