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Which type of digital imaging artifact is demonstrated below? Moire effect 3.jpg

Which of the following are true in regards to ABC? ABC stands for Actual Brightness Calculation The ABC increases or decreases mA to compensate for various body thickness The purpose of ABC is to maintain image density and contrast at a constant brightness Rapid changes in body thickness can cause the ABC to lag behind

_____ provides a record of a patient’s medical care created, managed, and maintained by one health care organization.

All of the following are true regarding ABC? Select two (2) responses.

Identify each numbered layer of the following diagram of a CR imaging plate. Responses will be used only once. PSP.jpg

In an image intensification tube, 5,000 x-ray photons exit the patient and interact with the input phosphor and 125,000 light photons are released from the output phosphor.  What is the flux gain?

An ____ grid error occurs when the x-ray tube is angled perpendicular to the grid strips.

Action limits that are established by hospitals are typically _____ of the annual dose limit in efforts to ensure that personnel do not approach EfD limits.

Which of the following occurs when the magnification mode is used in image intensification fluoroscopy? The voltage on the electrostatic focusing lenses increases The focal spot moves closer to the input phosphor The resolution of the fluoroscopic image decreases

Calculate the minification gain for an image intensifier that has an input phosphor of 22 cm in diameter and an output phosphor of 5 cm in diameter.