RS 240 Lab Final Study Guide

1. What imaging tool is used to adjust brightness and contrast?

Window level
2. What 3 controls on the x-ray control panel can be adjusted?
Ma, kVp, and mAs
3. What buttons do you press to auto center the tube?
ACS
Button on top right
4. What does developer do?
Turns everything that has been exposed to light black
Reacts with sensitized part of the film emulsion
5. What does fixer do?
Turns emulsion clear and stops the developer
6. In order to maintain density, if the mA is doubled, what change
should be made to exposure time?
kVp should be decreased by 15%
7. What happens to the density as mA is increased?
As mA is increased, the density is increased
8. What happens to mA if exposure time remains the same?
If exposure time remains the same and mA is halved then
the film will be lighter
9. Why was the step wedge placed perpendicular?
Because radiation intensity is greater on the cathode side
Anode heel affect
10.
If mA is doubled on an exposure with all the other factors
remaining the same, what does the image look like?
It will be darker
11.
What is the primary factor that controls density?
mA
12.
What does it mean when there are fewer steps visible on a
step wedge?
more attenuation
13.
What is the correct processing sequence in a film
processor?
Developer- fixer-wash-dryer
14.
If the exposure is increased using the 15% rule, will all
other factors remaining the same explain what you would see
regarding image quality?
Image would be darker
15.
Why would the image be darker?
Less attenuation
More steps= less attenuation
16.
What does increased wavelengths mean?

Decreased frequency
High kVp produces shorter wavelengths
17.
What kind of contrast does long scale have?
Low contrast
18.
What happens when you increase SID?
Increase SID= less distortion because you use more of the
horizontal beam
19.
What does kVp control?
Contrast
Beam quality
20.
What does mAs control?
Quantity
Density
Patient dose
21.
What material would have the most attenuation?
Metal**
Plastic
Fur
22.
In a radiograph of the toy due to its composition, what did
you see in the image?
High subject contrast
23.
When imaging the toy would it be better to use a faster
speed to reduce the radiation exposure?
No
24.
Magnification factor indicates how much magnification or
________ is demonstrated on a radiograph?
Distortion
25.
The distance created between the object being radio
graphed and the IR is called?
OID
26.
Using the MF= image size/object size a magnification
factor equal to 1 indicates the true image size?
True (40 SID/40 OID=1)
27.
What happens to the magnification when the SID is
increased?
When SID is increased then the mag is decreased and the
resolution is increased which means there were more
circles that were clear
28.
What SID has more clear circles 40 or 72?
72
29.
Why is 72 clearer?
Less beam divergence
30.
What does more beam divergence cause?

 More distortion and less sharpness

31.
What is responsible for producing the image on the film in
a cassette equipped with intensifying screens?
Light
32.
What is responsible for producing the image on the film in
a cassette equipped without intensifying screens?
Radiation photons
33.
How does relative speed screen relate to mAs?
As the relative speed increases, the amount of exposure
required to maintain the same density decreases. The
faster the speed of the screen is the more it reduces detail.
34.
What factors affect film processing?
Time
Chemistry
Temperature
Replenishment
35.
What happens as you increase collimation? What happens
to the field size and quantity of scatter?
As you increase collimation= field size decrease=scatter
decrease
36.

What happens to contrast if you decrease collimation?

37.

38.

Decrease scatter=increase contrast

What happens as kVp increases?
Increase e- flow
Decrease wavelength
Increase frequency
Increase penetration
Decrease attenuation
Increase scatter
Decrease contrast= long scale
Decrease pt dose
Higher beam quality
What happens when you increase OID?
INCREASE OID = INCREASE magnification and DECREASE
resolution