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X-rays were discovered by:
✔✔ Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895 in Germany
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
is the:
✔✔ Answer: Organization that accredits schools for radiologic technologists
The largest professional organization for radiologic technologists is the:
✔✔ Answer: American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
The area in the X-ray room that protects the operator from scatter radiation is
called:
✔✔ Answer: The control booth
What is the mechanism on the X-ray tube that stops movement at a specific
position called?
✔✔ Answer: Detent
The image exposed on the image receptor (IR) but not yet processed is called the:
✔✔ Answer: Latent image
The absorption of X-rays by matter is called:
✔✔ Answer: Attenuation
, The IR system consists of.. -ANSWER ✔✔cassette and phosphor plate
A type of filmless system that produces digital images is called -ANSWER
✔✔computed radiography (CR)
The source of x-rays is -ANSWER ✔✔x-ray tube
Unwanted image exposure that is caused by scatter x-rays -ANSWER ✔✔radiation
fog
Surrounds the x-ray tube and is lined with lead -ANSWER ✔✔tube housing
Opening where the x-rays exit the tube -ANSWER ✔✔tube port
X-rays exit the tube port via -ANSWER ✔✔the tube window
What is the name of the radiation that exits the patient? -ANSWER ✔✔remnant
radiation
The x-ray beam that leaves the tube is called -ANSWER ✔✔primary radiation
Primary x-ray beams that leave the body and travel in all directions is called -
ANSWER ✔✔scatter radiation
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
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X-rays were discovered by:
✔✔ Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895 in Germany
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
is the:
✔✔ Answer: Organization that accredits schools for radiologic technologists
The largest professional organization for radiologic technologists is the:
✔✔ Answer: American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
The area in the X-ray room that protects the operator from scatter radiation is
called:
✔✔ Answer: The control booth
What is the mechanism on the X-ray tube that stops movement at a specific
position called?
✔✔ Answer: Detent
The image exposed on the image receptor (IR) but not yet processed is called the:
✔✔ Answer: Latent image
The absorption of X-rays by matter is called:
✔✔ Answer: Attenuation
, The IR system consists of.. -ANSWER ✔✔cassette and phosphor plate
A type of filmless system that produces digital images is called -ANSWER
✔✔computed radiography (CR)
The source of x-rays is -ANSWER ✔✔x-ray tube
Unwanted image exposure that is caused by scatter x-rays -ANSWER ✔✔radiation
fog
Surrounds the x-ray tube and is lined with lead -ANSWER ✔✔tube housing
Opening where the x-rays exit the tube -ANSWER ✔✔tube port
X-rays exit the tube port via -ANSWER ✔✔the tube window
What is the name of the radiation that exits the patient? -ANSWER ✔✔remnant
radiation
The x-ray beam that leaves the tube is called -ANSWER ✔✔primary radiation
Primary x-ray beams that leave the body and travel in all directions is called -
ANSWER ✔✔scatter radiation
