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fb97a66c_Flashcards_about_RAD_PHYSICS__Answer
[Question] What is foreshortening caused by? [Answer]
By the pt being improperly aligned
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[Question] What is the atomic # of an element? [Answer]
The number of protons in the nucleus
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[Question] Describe binding energy [Answer]
The force in which the electrons are in thier orbital shells
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fb97a66c_Flashcards_about_RAD_PHYSICS__Answer
[Question] List the 3 possible interactions at the target [Answer]
heat, brems, characteristic
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fb97a66c_Flashcards_about_RAD_PHYSICS__Answer
[Question] What electron shell is used for production of characteristic xrays? [Answer]
k shell
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[Question] what percent of the energy used for xray production is heat loss? [Answer]
99%
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[Question] The primary beam is composed of a ____ mixture of energy. [Answer]
heterogeneous
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[Question] _______ is also known as breaking or white radiation [Answer]
Brems
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[Question] What force does the projectile electron interact with to create breaking radiation? [Answer]
The force field around the nucleus
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[Question] What type of radiation comprises most of the primary beam? [Answer]
Brems
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[Question] What is the definition of density? [Answer]
Blackness on the film
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[Question] ____ is the controlling factor for density [Answer]
mAs
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[Question] List some influencing factors for density [Answer]
filtration, grids, collimation, SID, OID
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[Question] What are the prime factors used in a radiographic exposure? [Answer]
mAs, kV, & distance
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[Question] Changing the mAs up by 30% will do what to the film? [Answer]
1 shade darker
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[Question] Explain how collimation affects the density on the film [Answer]
As collimation increases density decreases
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[Question] A cxr uses _____ kV, _____scale, _____latitude and _____ contrast [Answer]
high; long; wide; low
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[Question] What si the controlling factor of contrast? [Answer]
kV
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[Question] The relationship between contrast and kV is direct or indirect? [Answer]
indirect
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[Question] What technique can be used to reduce scatter by increasing OID? [Answer]
Air gap technique
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[Question] As filtration decrease, contrast _____ [Answer]
increases
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[Question] As collimation increases, contrast_____ [Answer]
increases
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[Question] As anatomical part decreases, contrast _____ [Answer]
increases
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[Question] As grid ratio decreases, contrast _____ [Answer]
decreases
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fb97a66c_Flashcards_about_RAD_PHYSICS__Answer
[Question] What is the formula for the contrast improvement factor? [Answer]
k= contrast w/grid------------------contrast w/out grid
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fb97a66c_Flashcards_about_RAD_PHYSICS__Answer
[Question] kVp controls the quantity or quality of the xray beam. [Answer]
quality
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[Term] Changing attributes of place [Definition]
It refers to the way of change a landscape appears by modernization or migration into uninhabited space.
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[Term] Cultural attributes [Definition]
cultural landscape
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[Term] Density [Definition]
The amount of people per land.
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[Term] Diffusion [Definition]
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
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[Term] Direction [Definition]
Information contained in the relative position of one point with respect to another point without the distance information.
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[Term] Dispersion/concentration [Definition]
The spread of something over a given area.
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[Term] Distance [Definition]
Absolute: Exact measurement of the physical space between two places. Relative: Approximate measurement of the physical space between two places.
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[Term] Distribution [Definition]
The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.
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[Term] Environmental determinism [Definition]
A 19th- and early 20th-century approach to the study of geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study o f how the physical environment caused human activ
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[Term] Relative Location [Definition]
Position on Earth’s surface relative to other features. (Ex: My house is west of 394).
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[Term] Pattern [Definition]
A common property of distribution, which is the geometric arrangement of objects in space. Some features are organized in a geometric pattern, whereas others are distributed irregularly. Geographers observe that many objects form a linear distribution,
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[Term] Physical attributes [Definition]
natural landscape
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[Term] Possibilism [Definition]
The physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.
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[Term] Region [Definition]
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
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[Term] Scale [Definition]
Representation of a real-world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization. In cartography, the ratio of map distance to ground distance, indicated on a map as a bar graph, representative fraction, and/or verbal statement.
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[Term] Size [Definition]
Is the estimation or determination of extent.
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[Term] Spatial [Definition]
of or pertaining to space on or near Earth’s surface. Often a synonym for geographical and used as an adjective to describe specific geographic concepts or processes.
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[Term] Spatial interaction [Definition]
Physical location of geographic phenomena across SPACE
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[Term] Distortion [Definition]
area, distance, direction, shape
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[Term] Geographic Information System (GIS) [Definition]
a computer hardware and software system that handles geographically referenced data; it uses and produces maps and has the ability to perform many types of spatial analysis.
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[Term] Global Positioning System (GPS) [Definition]
A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations and recievers.
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[Term] Grid [Definition]
The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS is based on the Universal Polar Stereographic system, and uses co-ordinates of longitude and latitude to represent a
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[Term] Map [Definition]
a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth’s surface or a portion of it.
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[Term] Map scale [Definition]
distance on a map relative to the distance on Earth.
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[Term] Map types [Definition]
there are many different types if map. For example: political, physical/elevation, spatial etc. See the handouts for detail!
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[Term] Mental map [Definition]
(cognitive map) the map like image of the world, country, region, city, or neighborhood a person carries in mind.
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[Term] Model [Definition]
a simplified abstraction of reality, structured to clarify causal relationships: e.g., Demographic Transition, Gravity Model, etc.
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[Term] Projection [Definition]
the system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map.
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[Term] Remote sensing [Definition]
the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
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[Term] Time zones [Definition]
a geographic region within which the same standard time is used.
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[Term] Relocation diffusion [Definition]
The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another. Ex: spread of AIDS from New York, California, & Florida.
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[Term] Expansion diffusion [Definition]
The spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process. This can happen in 3 ways
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[Term] Hierarchical diffusion [Definition]
The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places (Ex: hip-hop/rap music)
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[Term] Contagious diffusion [Definition]
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population. (Ex: ideas placed on the internet)
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[Term] Stimulus diffusion [Definition]
the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse. (Ex: PC & Apple competition, p40)
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[Term] absolute location [Definition]
Position on Earth’s surface using the coordinate system of longitude (that runs from North to South Pole) and latitude (that runs parallel to the equator).
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[Question] What causes scatter? [Answer]
kVp, field size, patient thickness
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[Question] what are some ways to reduce scatter? [Answer]
grid, beam restricting devices
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[Question] Extremely effective in reducing the amount of scatter reaching the IR [Answer]
grid
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[Question] Grids are made of ________. [Answer]
Alternating radiopaque material (lead- grid strips) and radiolucent material (aluminum or plastic - interspace material.
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[Question] what is the purpose of the interspace material? [Answer]
to maintain a precise separation between the delicate lead strips of the grid.
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[Question] What is the purpose of the grid strips? [Answer]
absorbs scatter
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[Question] Encases the grid completely by a thin cover of aluminum and provides rigidity and helps seal out moisture. [Answer]
Grid casing
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[Question] Grids are designed to transmit x rays whose direction is a ________ _____ from source to IR. [Answer]
straight line
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[Question] High quality grids can clean up how much scatter? [Answer]
80-90% of scatter
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[Question] Grid Ratio [Answer]
height of the grid divided by the interspace width
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[Question] what is the formula for grid ratio? [Answer]
Grid Ratio= H/D
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[Question] what are the three most important dimensions on a grid? [Answer]
T = the thickness of the grid stripD= the width of the interspace materialH = the height of the grid
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[Question] what is contrast? [Answer]
density differences
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[Question] Higher ratio grids are not as effective as low ratio grids in cleaning up of scatter. T/F [Answer]
False - Higher ratio grids are better at cleaning up scatter due to the angle of deviation being smaller
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[Question] Do you use more or less dose with higher ratio grids? [Answer]
more dose
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[Question] The number of grid strips or grid lines per ich or centimeter [Answer]
Grid Frequency
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[Question] If a grid has a high frequency will it show more or less grid lines? [Answer]
less grid lines
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[Question] With increased frequency do you get more or less dose to patient? Do you have to use more or less technique? [Answer]
more dosemore technique
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[Question] what is the range of grid frequencies [Answer]
25-45 lines per centimeter (60-110 lines per inch)
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[Question] What is the formula for grid frequency? [Answer]
grid frequency= 10,000 um/cm /(T+D) um/line pair
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[Question] What is the purpose of the interspace material? [Answer]
To maintain a precise separation between the delicate lead strips of the grid.
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[Question] What two materials can the interspace be made of? [Answer]
aluminum or plastic
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[Question] What material is mostly used for the grid strips? [Answer]
lead
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[Question] What is the principle function of grids? [Answer]
To improve image contrast
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[Question] Name 3 factors that affect grid performance. [Answer]
Contrast Improvement FactorBucky FactorSelectivity
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[Question] What is the contrast improvement factor? [Answer]
it detects the ability of the grid to improve radiographic contrast
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[Question] what is the formula for the contrast improvement factor (k)? [Answer]
k= radiographic contrast with grid / radiographic contrast without a grid
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[Question] what is the k range? [Answer]
1.5-2.5 (radiographic contrast is doubled when grids are used; a k of 1 indicates no improvement)
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[Question] Is the k higher for higher ratio grids? [Answer]
yes
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[Question] Increase of technique to produce the same optical density. Attempt to measure the penetration of both primary and scatter radiation through the grid. [Answer]
Bucky factor
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[Question] what is the formula for Bucky factor? [Answer]
incident remnan radiation/ transmitted image - forming radiation = patient dose with grid/ patient dose without grid
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[Question] The higher the grid ratio the ________the bucky factor. [Answer]
higher
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[Question] A increase in ________ will _______ the bucky factor. [Answer]
kVp, increase
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[Question] With an increase with bucky factor what will hapen to patient dose? [Answer]
increase
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[Question] Ratio of transmitted primary radiation and transmitted scatter radiation. [Answer]
Selectivity
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[Question] What is the formula for Selectivity? [Answer]
Greek sigma = primary radiation transmitted through grid/ scatter radiation tansmitted through grid
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[Question] The more lead a grid has the __________the selectivity and more efficient it is at cleaning up _______. [Answer]
higher, scatter
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[Question] What are some types of grids? [Answer]
Parallel (linear), Crossed, Focused, Moving
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