BSWH Radiation Safety - CT Dose Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
If a patient requires a CT, the ideal amount of radiation exposure for the patient is? -
CORRECT ANSWER The lowest amount that will generate clinically significant
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CTDI stands for? - CORRECT ANSWER computed tomography dose index
DLP stands for? - CORRECT ANSWER dose-length product
CTDIvol is? - CORRECT ANSWER The dose to the central slice
Which of the following is a way to responsibly manage patient radiation dose? - CORRECT
ANSWER All of the following:
Utilize ACR appropriateness criteria when ordering a diagnostic test.
Track CT dose trends and become comfortable with appropriate dose levels.
Utilize appropriate notification and alert values for each CT protocol.
Which of the following is NOT a way CT technologists can optimize patient radiation dose? -
CORRECT ANSWER Maximize the tube current.
Notification and alert values are designed to? - CORRECT ANSWER Tell the
technologist that a technique may be inappropriate before scanning the patient.
A typical head CT is equivalent to about? - CORRECT ANSWER 100 PA chest X-ray
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UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
If a patient requires a CT, the ideal amount of radiation exposure for the patient is? -
CORRECT ANSWER The lowest amount that will generate clinically significant
images
CTDI stands for? - CORRECT ANSWER computed tomography dose index
DLP stands for? - CORRECT ANSWER dose-length product
CTDIvol is? - CORRECT ANSWER The dose to the central slice
Which of the following is a way to responsibly manage patient radiation dose? - CORRECT
ANSWER All of the following:
Utilize ACR appropriateness criteria when ordering a diagnostic test.
Track CT dose trends and become comfortable with appropriate dose levels.
Utilize appropriate notification and alert values for each CT protocol.
Which of the following is NOT a way CT technologists can optimize patient radiation dose? -
CORRECT ANSWER Maximize the tube current.
Notification and alert values are designed to? - CORRECT ANSWER Tell the
technologist that a technique may be inappropriate before scanning the patient.
A typical head CT is equivalent to about? - CORRECT ANSWER 100 PA chest X-ray
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