In the following views where does the x-ray enter and where does it exit?
1. A-P
2. Lateral
3. Oblique
4. P-A - ANSWER 1.enters in the anterior aspect and leaves the posterior
(back to film)
2. enters the lateral aspect
3. part is at an angle
4. enters in the posterior and leaves anterior (anterior to film)
What is the 10 day rule - ANSWER -established by the international
commision of radiographic protection to minimize potential for performing x-
rays on pregnant women.
- women of childbearing
- abdominal, lumbar and pelvic xrays
- only during the 10 days following the onset of menstruation (least likely to be
pregnant)
True or false the rule for imaging women in the abdomen, pelvis and lumbar x-
rays is known as the 10 days following the end of menstrauation - ANSWER
False it is the 10 days following the onset
What are the areas that the 10 day rule applies to - ANSWER lumbar, hip,
pelvis, sacrum, coccyx, abdomen APFS
True or false once a women hits menopause you no longer need to be worried
about the use of gonadal sheilds - ANSWER True
- also doesn't apply to someone with a hysterectomy
What does APFS stand for - ANSWER AP full spine (14x36)
What is the location of the mitchell marker in the following x-rays
1. A-P and P-A
2. lateral
, 3. oblique spine
4. aneterior oblique
5. posterior oblique
6. extremities - ANSWER 1. on either side of the patient
2. side closest to the film
3. side closest to the film
4. posterior to the spine
5. anterior to the spine
6. for the side being x-rayed
When looking at the color of the mitchell marker
1. what is left
2. what is right - ANSWER 1. blue
2. red
What is the name of the structure that holds the film and or imaging plates -
ANSWER Cassette
- has a tube side and a non-tube side
- open like a book
- nontube side has the locks
1.The sizes of cassettes are measured in what?
2.what are the sizes(4)? - ANSWER 1. inches
2. 8X10 , 10x12, 14x17, 14x36
Parts of Casettes
1. where are the locks located?
2. what is the lead blocker and where is it
3. what is the non- tube side - ANSWER 1. on the back side where you do not
place the body part. Tube side will face the tube
2. where the name label will be placed toward the top
3. the non-tube side is the side you do not want facing the patient and is the side
that will have the locks
Calipers
1. measures the patient with what measurement?
2. measures the patient in what direction?
3. measures through what?
1. A-P
2. Lateral
3. Oblique
4. P-A - ANSWER 1.enters in the anterior aspect and leaves the posterior
(back to film)
2. enters the lateral aspect
3. part is at an angle
4. enters in the posterior and leaves anterior (anterior to film)
What is the 10 day rule - ANSWER -established by the international
commision of radiographic protection to minimize potential for performing x-
rays on pregnant women.
- women of childbearing
- abdominal, lumbar and pelvic xrays
- only during the 10 days following the onset of menstruation (least likely to be
pregnant)
True or false the rule for imaging women in the abdomen, pelvis and lumbar x-
rays is known as the 10 days following the end of menstrauation - ANSWER
False it is the 10 days following the onset
What are the areas that the 10 day rule applies to - ANSWER lumbar, hip,
pelvis, sacrum, coccyx, abdomen APFS
True or false once a women hits menopause you no longer need to be worried
about the use of gonadal sheilds - ANSWER True
- also doesn't apply to someone with a hysterectomy
What does APFS stand for - ANSWER AP full spine (14x36)
What is the location of the mitchell marker in the following x-rays
1. A-P and P-A
2. lateral
, 3. oblique spine
4. aneterior oblique
5. posterior oblique
6. extremities - ANSWER 1. on either side of the patient
2. side closest to the film
3. side closest to the film
4. posterior to the spine
5. anterior to the spine
6. for the side being x-rayed
When looking at the color of the mitchell marker
1. what is left
2. what is right - ANSWER 1. blue
2. red
What is the name of the structure that holds the film and or imaging plates -
ANSWER Cassette
- has a tube side and a non-tube side
- open like a book
- nontube side has the locks
1.The sizes of cassettes are measured in what?
2.what are the sizes(4)? - ANSWER 1. inches
2. 8X10 , 10x12, 14x17, 14x36
Parts of Casettes
1. where are the locks located?
2. what is the lead blocker and where is it
3. what is the non- tube side - ANSWER 1. on the back side where you do not
place the body part. Tube side will face the tube
2. where the name label will be placed toward the top
3. the non-tube side is the side you do not want facing the patient and is the side
that will have the locks
Calipers
1. measures the patient with what measurement?
2. measures the patient in what direction?
3. measures through what?
