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! You want to use 40 mAs for a radiograph. If you selected 200 mA, what time value would you need to use to get 40 mAs?

PIC How did the following grid error occur? 

What is indicated by a colorless zone around a bacterial colony on a blood agar plate?

! A technologist positions a patient’s ankle 15 cm above the detector due to patient limitations and uses an SID of 110 cm. What will the magnification factor be for the ankle X-ray?

! Adding mAs will _________ contrast.

! In the x-ray tube, where’s the oil?

* Coherent scattering differs from Compton scattering in that coherent scattering:

! Our original technique was 60 kVp with 4.2 mAs. We want to double the IR Exposure while also creating a longer scale of contrast. What will our new technique be?

Which of the following best describes Compton scattering?

If a large OID cannot be avoided, one way to reduce the possible magnification is to: