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The long-awaited, much-anticipated X-ray
Quiz #2 from Seattle, WA---March 2001.
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What does PACS stand for?
• Posterior Anterior Chest System
• Positive Action Collimation System
• Picture Archiving and Communications
System
• Parts and Charts System
C.
A term commonly used in digital
imaging to describe the system used
for sending, viewing, & storing images
True or False?
• Digital imaging always means lower
exposure to the patient than for
conventional film radiography.
• Digital imaging means that you cannot
produce a hard copy image.
False and false.
Digital does not necessarily guarantee
a lower dose since computer image
manipulation is so forgiving with
respect to dose.
The annual whole body occupational
dose limit is 5 REM. What is the limit
for the eye?
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A. 5 REM
B. 10 REM
C. 15 REM
D. 25 REM
E. 50 REM
E. 15 REM
Skin is 50.
What is the equivalent number of SI
units for 200 millirem?
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20 microSieverts
20 milliSieverts
2 microSieverts
200 milliSieverts
2 milliSieverts
One of those is correct.
These SI units are certainly difficult to
get a hold of, aren’t they? Do a little
research and calculation and figure it
out. (Hint: 100 rem = 1 Sv)
What is the usual range for patient
dose rate during fluoroscopy?
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B.
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20 - 40 R/minute
20 – 40 mR/minute
2 – 9 R/minute
1 – 10 mR/minute
2 - 9 R/hour
C. 2 -9 Roentgens
per minute
Of course, it can be lower and higher in
some cases.
FDA and state rules allow a maximum of
10 R/min and HLC can go up to 20 R/min
Switching to magnification
mode in fluoroscopy
• A. uses a smaller portion of the input
phosphor screen.
• B. increases the dose rate to the
patient, if ABC is operating
• C. requires the use of pulsed HLC.
A and B.
Pulsed mode fluoroscopy and High
Level Control are not related to
magnification.
Regarding the differences between
MRI and CT, which of the following is
true?
• A. MRI is used strictly for brain imaging.
• B. MRI provides biochemical info, and
gives better contrast.
• C. MRI is equal in image quality to CT.
• D. MRI uses more radiation to obtain
the same information.
B.
Additional note: the MRI machine is
more expensive than a CT system and
each exam costs more and takes
longer.
True or False:
• A. Magnetic Resonance Imaging uses
no ionizing radiation
• B. MRI uses only magnetic fields and RF
pulses
• C. Lead must not be used in
the walls of an MRI room.
A. True, B. True, C. False
Lead wouldn’t be necessary and
anyway, it is non-ferrous and thus not
subject to magnetic fields.
Skin entrance patient exposures are
higher for low kVp techniques,
because
• A. You have to use more photons to get
through the patient
• B. The energy of the beam is lower and
thus it penetrates less
• C. You have to use a different film
speed.
• D. You have to use more mAs.
A, B and D
Sometimes, facilities use latitude film
and then try to regain contrast by
using lower kVp but then they have to
increase the mAs.
Collimation is:
• A. A common misspelling of the word
“columnation.”
• B. Proper alignment of the column upon
which the X-ray tube is mounted.
• C. of benefit to patient, operator and
interpretation of the resultant film.
• D. Not necessary in dental X-ray exams.
C.
Proper collimation provides a better
radiograph with decreased scatter to
the operator, and of course less area
of the patient exposed.
A high ESE for a lumbar spine exam
could be due to:
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A. Lousy processing
B. Low kVp techniques
C. Slow film/screen speed
D. A preference for dark images by the
film reader
• E. A high ratio grid.
All of the above.
Don’t you just love answers like this?
The unaided human eye can resolve
how many line pairs per millimeter?
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A. 1 lp/mm
B. 5 lp/mm
C. 10 lp/mm
D. 15 lp/mm
E. 20 lp/mm
C. 10 lp/mm
We have sharp eyes, don’t we?
Intensifying screens can resolve
about how many lp/mm?
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A. 1 lp/mm
B. 1-5 lp/mm
C. 7-15 lp/mm
D. 15-20 lp/mm
C. 7-15 lp/mm
The old calcium tungstate par speed
screens are smack in the middle at 10
lp/mm.
Why don’t automatic film processors
have a stop-bath step?
• A. Because the rollers squeeze the
developer out of the film.
• B. Because the fixer already contains
some acetic acid.
• C. Because the transit time is too fast.
• D. Because X-ray film is too sensitive.
A and B are correct.
Besides, the processor would have to
be that much larger to accommodate
another compartment and roller set.
What is the “latent image?”
• A. The “ghostly” penumbra
around the image.
• B. The part of the image
that will never show up on film.
• C. The invisible change induced
in silver halide crystals.
C is correct
I thought “ghostly penumbra” sounds
like a pretty good answer, though!
True or False:
• A. Compton scattering contributes to
film fogging.
• B. The photoelectric effect is a photon
absorption interaction resulting in an
ejected electron.
• C. Pair production cannot occur in
diagnostic X-ray energies.
All are correct.
Compton scattering is the source of
most of the scatter. Pair production, by
the way, is not a dating service.
For extra credit:
• What is the minimum photon energy
that will permit the production of an
electron and a positron (“pair
production”) when an X-ray interacts
with the nucleus of a target atom?
1.02 MeV
True or False:
• The radiation intensity coming from the
cathode side of the X-ray beam field is
higher than that from the anode side
(Heel effect).
True
The anode sort of “self-attenuates” or
blocks the heel portion of the X-rays
generated
True or False
• A.) Dental intra-oral X-ray tubes have
rotating anodes
• B.) Fluoroscopic tubes can operate
continuously because the milliAmperage
is low.
• C.) The oil in an X-ray tube is designed
to lubricate the rotating anode.
No, Yes and No.
Intraoral tubes have stationary anodes.
The oil in a tube housing acts as a
coolant and heat distributor.
“Ripple” in a voltage waveform is:
• A.) the same as fudge in certain ice
creams
• B.) is 100% for single phase power.
• C.) is 1% for high frequency waveforms
• D.) not measurable at all.
B and C are correct.
Although fudge ripple does sound
good.
X-ray milli-amperage is:
• A. The amount of current delivered to
the filament of the X-ray tube cathode
• B. the number of electrons flowing per
second from anode to cathode
• C. the number of electrons flowing per
second from cathode to anode.
C is correct.
Some current is, of course, sent to the
filament to make it glow, but that’s
another story.
Dust, dandruff and cookie crumbs on
an intensifying screen:
• A. will not show up on the resulting
films because they are radiolucent
• B. will show up as black
specks on the film
• C. will show up as white
specks on the film
C.
Other possible artifacts include static,
processor marks and fog from light
leaks.
The grid moves during a radiographic
exposure so that
• A. it can automatically get into position
for the next shot
• B. it “smooshes” the grid lines and
makes them disappear.
• C. it increases the resultant “clean-up”
of scattered X-rays
B.
I just made up the other two.
“Smooshes” is a recognized scientific
term used by President Bush.
What does the German word
Bremsstrahlung mean?
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A. broken straight line
B. breaking radiation
C. literally, “bratwurst inhaled”
D. braking radiation
Ja, wohl, the answer is D.
Braking, meaning slowing down, rather
than breaking, meaning coming apart.
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