Test Bank for Digital Radiography and PACS 3rd Edition by Carter.

Chapter 01: Introduction to Digital Radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication S
Carter: Digital Radiography and PACS, 3rd Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Film and intensifying screens are primarily used in
a. computed radiography (CR).
b. digital radiography (DR).
c. conventional radiography.
d. picture archival and communication systems.
ANS: C OBJ: Explain latent image formation for conventional radiography.

2. Intensifying screens
a. absorb light.
b. emit light.
c. absorb scatter.
d. emit positive electrons.
ANS: B OBJ: Explain latent image formation for conventional radiography.

3. Which modality was the first to use the principle of digital imaging?
a. Computed tomography (CT)
b. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
c. Ultrasonography
d. Cardiac catheterization
ANS: A OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.

4. Who was the first to incorporate digital imaging with the CT scanner?
a. Paul Lauterbur
b. Godfrey Hounsfield
c. Sol Nudelman
d. M. Paul Capp
ANS: B OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.

5. Teleradiology, moving images via telephone lines to and from remote locations, was first conceptualiz
a. Paul Lauterbur.
b. M. Paul Capp.
c. Albert Jutras.
d. Sol Nudelman.
ANS: C OBJ: Define digital imaging and communications in medicine.

6. The invention of CT is heralded as
a. the advanced use of three-dimensional computation in medical imaging.
b. one of the greatest milestones in medical imaging.
c. the stepping stone for the development of MRI.
d. the first modality to use PACS.
ANS: B OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.

7. Early reconstruction of raw CT data took a few ______ to form a recognizable image.
a. minutes
b. hours
c. days
ANS: C OBJ: Define the term digital imaging.