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Absorption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔When all of the x-ray energy is absorbed by
the ejected electron
acute radiation syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Radiation sickness that occurs
in humans after whole-body doses of 1 Gy (100 rad) or more of ionizing
radiation delivered over a short time not seen in diagnostic imaging
,ALARA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(radiation exposure)As Low As Reasonably
Achievable
Anatomic Position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The position in which the patient is
standing erect; with the face directed forward, arms extended by the sides
with the palms facing forward, and the toes pointing anteriorly
Anatomically Programmed Radiography (APR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Technique
by which graphics on the console guide the operator in selection of a
desired kVp and mAs
Angiography - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The fluoroscopic imaging of blood vessels
Anode - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Positively charged side of an x-ray tube that
contains the target
Anterior-Posterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔from front to back
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The world's largest credentialing organization in medical imaging,
interventional procedures, and radiation therapy; certify and register
technologists through administration of education, ethics and examination
requirements.
, Artifact - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Unintended optical density on a radiograph or
another film-type image receptor
American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Professional organization that promotes research, continuing education
and guidelines for radiography instruction
Atom - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Smallest particle of an element that cannot be
divided or broken by chemical means
Atomic Number (Z) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of protons in the nucleus
Attenuation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔absorption of the x-ray beam in matter,
usually the human body
Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔feature/device that
determines radiation exposure during radiography in most x-ray imaging
systems
Back-up time - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when the exposure timer is manually set by
the operator to a time greater than the anticipated exposure time
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