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Category: Image Production-14 Recorded detail can be improved by decreasing: SID OID Motion unsharpness

Category: Safety-13 Which of the following are associated with Compton scattering? High-energy incident photons Outer shell electrons Characteristic radiation

Category: Safety-26 Radiation output from a diagnostic tube is measured in which of the following units of measurement?

Category: Safety-19 In which type of monitoring device do photons release electrons by their interactions with air?

 Category: Safety-2 Which photon-tissue interaction is responsible for producing useful radiographic contrast? Compton Classical Photoelectric

Category: Safety-40 Moving the image intensifier closer to the patient during fluoroscopy: Decreases the SID Decreases patient dose Degrades image quality

Category: Safety-44 An older x-ray tube that has evaporated tungsten deposited on the tube window may cause which of the following problems? Decreased tube output Increased half-value layer Arcing of the tube current

Category: Procedures-59 The Pearson method is an AP projection of the:

Category: Safety-5 Which of the following is true in regards to secondary protective barriers? They should be 1/32-inch lead equivalent They should be 1/16-inch lead equivalent They should extend from the floor to 7 feet high They should overlap the primary protective barrier by 1/2-inch

Category: Procedures-34 What anatomic structure is of primary interest when the head is in the lateral position and the central ray enters at the zygoma?