front 1 Diagnostic yield | back 1 Amount of clinically useful information on a diagnostic image. Must outweigh the input factors of the procedure ordered. (Is the correct test being ordered?) |
front 2 Competent imaging professionals will strive to maximize diagnostic yield using a minimum of _________ factors. | back 2 input |
front 3 Diagnostic efficacy | back 3 Accuracy of diagnostic information on a medical image. (Did the test provide the information that was needed?) |
front 4 Any extraneous information on an image that does not reflect the patient's true medical condition _________ from diagnostic efficacy | back 4 detracts |
front 5 What is included in the X-Ray Machine Design Features? | back 5 X-ray tube and x-ray tube support Collimator assembly Radiographic table X-ray generator and control Upright image receptor |
front 6 Tube is inside the lead-lined tube housing. The X-Ray tube is made of ________ glass with high vacuum. The tube produces x-radiation when high-energy electricity passes through. Then X-radiation exits the tube through a window in the housing and is directed toward a patient. | back 6 Pyrex |
front 7 The ___________ _______________ Projects a high-intensity light field on the patient, which represents the area of the x-ray field exposure. | back 7 Collimator Assembly |
front 8 Collimation May be manual or automatic (PBL). What does PBL stand for? | back 8 Positive beam limitation |
front 9 The radiographic Tabletop is highly ______________. | back 9 radiolucent |
front 10 Tilting radiographic tables will tilt from __________ to __________ to __________. These tables typically do not have variable _________ capabilities.(used in fluroscopy) | back 10 Horizontal Vertical upright Trendelenburg Height |
front 11 Within the tabletop, radiographic grid oscillates during exposure to blur out the ________ ________ ________. | back 11 lead grid lines |
front 12 The interface between the radiographer and electronics of the x-ray machine | back 12 Control console |
front 13 Three key factors for exposure technique. | back 13 kVp mA Time |
front 14 Facilitate easy and efficient positioning of the x-ray tube assembly around the patient in any orientation. | back 14 X-Ray Tube Supports |
front 15 Overhead Tubecrane (OTC) motions. | back 15 Longitudinally Vertically Transversely |
front 16 Receives remnant radiation from patient and captures the x-ray energy for processing. | back 16 Image Receptor |
front 17 Image Receptor technology is classified as __________ or __________. | back 17 Cassette-based (CR) Cassette-less (DR) |
front 18 Cassette-based receptor systems. | back 18 Film-screen Computed radiography (CR) |
front 19 Systems that use thin-film technology (TFTs). | back 19 DR systems (Referred to as flat panel technology) |
front 20 Only radiation that is of any clinical value. | back 20 Radiation absorbed by detector Radiation able to be converted to an image |
front 21 Converts x-ray to light before converting it to an electrical signal. | back 21 Indirect digital detector technology Photostimulable Phosphor (PSP) storage-phosphor technology computed radiography (CR) |
front 22 CR plates are extra sensitive to ______ energy radiation after they have been exposed. | back 22 low |
front 23 Technology that converts an x-ray into an electrical signal. | back 23 Direct digital detector technology |
front 24 ________ technology has improved spatial resolution and lower patient dose. It is more dose efficient. | back 24 DR |
front 25 Provides live, real-time images of patients using x-rays. | back 25 Fluoroscopy |
front 26 Fluoroscopy performed in surgery is typically accomplished with __________. | back 26 Portable C-arm system |
front 27 Commonly referred to as a "portable" | back 27 Mobile X-Ray Imaging |