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 Based on what you’ve learned so far in this orientation, what (if anything) will hinder your ability to complete an online course?

Increasing the OID to 6″ (with appropriate mAs compensation):

A radiographic Image of a part having different tissue types (such as bone and air) has lower contrast than that of a part with similar tissue types (such as liver and stomach).

An image with a long gray scale of contrast is one with many shades of gray that have minimal differences.

Tissues that attenuate the x-ray beam very differently are said to be _______ subject contrast.

A fluoroscopic examination that uses barium as a contrast material, would typically produce images with: long scale contrast short scale contrast low contrast  more photoelectric interactions increased contrast 

Using 100 mA @ 0.5 sec.:

The difference between two adjacent gray shades on an image is:

The amount of irradiated material is a function of:

The LUT (look-up-table) and histogram application affects the final _______ of digital images.