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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.

Which of the following does NOT increase contrast ?