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Figure 11-7Figure 11-7 shows the cost structure for a firm. Refer to Figure 11-7. When the output level is 100 units average fixed cost is

As you begin a barium study of the colon, the patient states clearly that she wants the examination to stop. A professional imaging technologist should

(Select the best option) After a stressful CT scan on a patient, you are confronted by the patient’s family regarding the results of the examination. The patient was in a motor vehicle accident and has a severe head injury. The images you took are being sent to a “Nighthawk” reading service and will not be available for several minutes. The family insists they have a “right” to know the results immediately so they can make a decision about organ donation. How would you rationalize this situation to yourself as an imaging professional?

When you were a student radiographer, the importance of radiation protection was constantly stressed, and you have incorporated the principle of ALARA as a professional value. As an employee working within a busy imaging department, you work with some technologists who do not practice radiation protection as you have been taught. One technologist in particular routinely overexposes patients to get a “perfect image for the radiologist.” This poor technologist practice would be an example of

  Question 5: answer the questions with True or False. (5)

You have just completed a chest radiograph on a young female patient. As you review the image, you notice she was wearing a necklace during the exposure, and it is clearly seen over the chest anatomy. Submitting this image to the radiologist for interpretation would

You are enjoying an evening with a friend at the theater. The person seated behind you routinely texts messages to his girlfriend about the movie and what is happening. This behavior would be a

(Select the best option) A technologist who has completed a procedure on a patient leaves the area grumbling, “I hate to do AIDS patients because I am afraid of catching the disease.” A member of the housekeeping staff hears the technologist and asks who the AIDS patient is so he can pass the information along to his coworkers for safety reasons. The technologist responds by giving the patient’s name and room number. This act constitutes a(n)

What is the likelihood of a patient developing cancer in the short-term from a single radiologic exam?