Exam 8: X-ray Emission

The number of x-rays in the useful beam defines x-ray ________.

X-ray beam quality is improved by ____________.

If filter thickness is ________, then x-ray intensity is ________.

Grays in air are the measurement for x-ray _________.

The half value layer (HVL) of an x-ray beam is a measurement of beam _______.

If the quantity of electrons hitting the target are doubled, the x-ray quantity is __________.

X-ray quantity increases in direct proportion to increases in __________.

Image contrast is affected by ________.

The main purpose of added filtration is to reduce ____________.

X-ray intensity is proportional to ______.

The HVL is lowered by a decrease in ________.

If the distance from the source to the image (SID) is reduced by half, how is the x-ray intensity at the image affected?

A 10% increase in kVp has ________ effect on x-ray intensity than/as a 10% increase in mAs.

If a technologist changes the technique from 70 kVp @ 200 mAs to 70 kVp @ 400 mAs, the x-ray intensity will _________ and optical density will __________.

Beam quality is affected by ______________.

The penetrability of an x-ray beam is called x-ray ________.

The inverse square law has the same effect on optical density and x-ray _________.

An x-ray beam that could pass through dense tissue would have high _____.

Added filtration will ______ beam quality and ______ beam quantity.

An increase of 15% in kVp is equivalent to increasing mAs _____.