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Calculate the distance covered in a SDCT helical scan using a 1 second tube rotation, 5mm slice thickness, pitch of 1, 30 second total acquisition time and a DFOV of 20 cm. 

The mathematical techniques used by the computer to reconstruct the computed tomography image are known as:

The data acquisition system, or DAS, measures the number of photons that strikes the detector, converts the information to a _______signal, and sends the signal to the computer.

The couch top (table top) of a computed tomography scanner table should have the following:I. low radiation absorption characteristicsII. made of carbon fiberIII. excellent vibration-damping features

Attenuation of a beam of radiation depends on:

An increase of matrix size (with no change in field of view) will ____________ detail.

Who developed the first clinically useful computed tomography scanner?

The scanner gantry aperture is a measure of the:

What is it called when a patient breathes differently with each data acquisition and areas of anatomy seem to be misplaced along the z-axis?

Select the most appropriate window level for the for the best image display for the tissue in question::