Radiographic Imaging - Chapter 7
attenuation - correct answer ✔✔process by which the nature of the primary radiation is changed
(partially absorbed or scattered) as it travels through the patient
classes of radiation - correct answer ✔✔Primary radiation
Scatter radiation
Absorbed radiation
Remnant radiation
requirements for the production of x-rays - correct answer ✔✔(1) Vacuum (tube housing)
(2) Source of electrons (filament)
(3) Method to accelerate the electrons(voltage) rapidly
(4) Method to stop the electrons (target)
primary radiation - correct answer ✔✔x-ray beam after it leaves the x-ray tube and before it reaches the
patient's body
remnant radiation - correct answer ✔✔radiation resulting after the beam exits the patient's body
scatter radiation - correct answer ✔✔an x-ray photon that interacts with the body's matter in such a way
that the resulting photon continues its travel in a different direction
radiolucent - correct answer ✔✔allow x-ray photons to pass through comparatively easily
radiopaque - correct answer ✔✔materials are not easily penetrable
milliampere-seconds (mAs) - correct answer ✔✔the parameter that controls the total amount or
quantity of x-radiation produced
