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The lower, center region on the illustration in the figure above is termed the:

Which device protects the patient’s skin from radiation exposure?

What is the appropriate action if a patient has signed consent for a procedure, but once on the radiographic table, refuses the procedure?

The legal doctrine res ipsa locquitur means which of the following?

Gamma rays are produced in the _____ of the atom

Which of the following types of radiation is most penetrating (ie have the most energy)?

Which of the exposure factors is directly proportional to the patient’s radiation exposure?

Which of the following is an x-ray “position”?

During fluoroscopy, which of the following will produce the greatest amount of scatter radiation that you should distance yourself from?

You are the director of a busy medical imaging department. One of your technologists has been accused of looking up the personal medical records and x-ray reports of his brother’s girlfriend. The girlfriend visited the hospital as a patient for an ultrasound examination of the pelvis to rule out pregnancy. Disciplinary action for this technologist would be appropriate because of a violation of: