unit 3 test

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1. ncrp dose limit for workers is what

   5 rem (5000 milli rem)

2. what are acute radiation syndromes 4 manifestations

   prodromel, latent, manifest, recovery/death

3. DOUBLING source to image will reduce radiation intensity is what law

   inverse square law

4. what are the fates of a photon

   absorption, scatter, penetrate)

5. what's IR

   image receptor

6. what has reusable imaging plate in a tight cassette

   CR

7. what are Kvp and Mas

   technical factors

8. OID is object to image distance.. what's that mean EXACTLY

   distance from patient to image receptor

9. SIB is what

   source to image distance

10. what words are Ma

    mille AMPREDGE

11. what's the inverse square law

    doubling source to image distance reduces radiation by a quarter (1/4) of original radiation intensity

12. component that creates the radiographic image

    image receptor

13. the grid does what

    filters out scatter radiation

14. QUALITY (ability to penetrate body part) =

    KvP

15. 2 primary components of X-ray tube

    anode and cathode

16. uranium is what kind of radiation

    terrestrial

17. what is stochastic

    somatic and genetic effects

18. what does the anode do

    stops electrons (+ charge)

19. what are stochastic effects

    cancer

20. AMOUNT of X-ray is what

    MaS

21. CANT be manipulated on the panel

    collimation (its on the tube instead)

22. control buttons do what

    allow all that movement