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Air in the pleural space causing lung collapse.
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1 What does ALARA stand for? 2 What is pneumothorax?
What happens to patient dose when
3 What is collimation? 4
mAs increases?
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, What does ALARA stand for? As Low As Reasonably Achievable.
What are the three principles of Time, distance, shielding.
radiation protection?
What exposure factor primarily kVp.
controls beam penetration?
What exposure factor primarily mAs.
controls the quantity of radiation?
What happens to patient dose when Dose increases.
mAs increases?
What happens to image contrast Contrast decreases.
when kVp increases?
What type of interaction produces Compton scatter.
most scatter radiation?
What interaction contributes most to Photoelectric effect.
image contrast?
What is the inverse square law? Radiation intensity decreases with the square of
distance.
What happens to exposure if Exposure decreases to one quarter.
distance doubles?
What device is used to reduce Grid.
scatter reaching the detector?