RAD 110 - Unit 2 Review

Who invented diagnostic radiography?

Wilhelm Rötgen

A Crookes tube is a _______ glass tube which contains a ________ and an ________ attached to an electrical supply

Partially evacuated

Cathode

Anode

What is the term for light emitting in darkness?

Fluorescing

The screen used in the production of the first X-rays was painted with ______

Barium Platinocyaide

What was the date of the first radiograph?

November 8, 1895

What body part was the first X-ray taken of?

A hand

The inventor of X-rays, _______, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901 in _______

Wilhelm Rötgen

Physics

Energy is the capacity to ______

Operate or do work

List the 5 types of energy:

A. Mechanical

B. Electrical

C. Heat

D. Nuclear

E. Electromagnetic

X-rays are the human made form of __________ energy

Electromagnetic

Energy transmitted by waves through space or matter is called _______

Radiation

Ionization is when a neutral atom loses an ________

Electron

The process of ionization with the ability to disrupt the composition of the matter it passes through is called

Ionizing radiation

The making of records of internal structures of the body by the passage of x-rays or gamma rays through the body is termed

Radiography

Radiologic technology is the technical science that uses x-rays or radioactive substances for ___________ or ___________ purposes in medicine.

diagnostic

therapeutic

A Radiologic Technologist is the general term for persons qualified to use ________and _________ ________ to produce images of the internal parts of the body for interpretation by a ___________

x-rays

radioactive substances

radiologist

The visualization of structures of the body by recording the reflections of pulses of high-frequency sound waves directed through tissue

Sonography

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry is used to detect osteoporosis accurately.

Bone Densitometry

Imaging of a patient's organs with the use of

radioactive materials for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Nuclear Medicine

Imaging through the injection of iodinated contrast for diagnosing diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Cardiovascular interventional

Sectional images of anatomy generated by a strong magnetic field and radio waves in conjunction with a computer.

Magnetic resonance imaging

The administration of radiation treatments to patients according to the prescription and instructions of a radiation oncologist.

Radiation Therapy

The use of x-rays to create images of the body

Radiography

Valuable diagnostic tool used for the early detection of breast disease

Mammography

Recording of a predetermined plane in the body using an x-ray beam that is measured, recorded, and then processed by a computer.

Computed Tomography