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x-rays are formed from ______ ______
electromagnetic energy
The electromagnetic energy will create _______ within the living tissue.
ionizations
_____ is the capacity to operate or work.
energy
any process by which a neutral atom gains or loses an electron, thus acquiring a net charge
ionization
_____ is energy that is transformed by waves through space or through a medium (matter)
Radiation
_____ is like a “live” image
Fluoroscopy
How many times can we take the national registry?
3
We are studying _____ to become _________.
radiography radiologic technologist or radiographer
who is the physician who interoperates the images we take ?
Radiologist
who discovered x-rays?
wilhelm rontgen
what year did rontgen win the nobel prize?
1901
What was the glass tube that Rontgen used called?
Crooks tube
what was on the cardboard that began to glow?
Barium Platinocyanide (BP)
What was the first x-ray?
his wifes hand
how many properties of x-ray did rontgen discover?
12
how did rongten die?
colon cancer
what does PACS stand for?
Picture archiving and communication system
what were x-rays first known as?
Rontgen Rays
What happens to electrons during an x-ray?
moving at high speeds then suddenly stopped
what do we create?
record or image
what does the image appear on?
Image Plate (IP) or Digital detector (DR)
A radiograph is made by sending _____ through the body.
X-rays
what is used to produce ultrasounds?
Sound waves
what is a contradiction?
something within a patient that doesnt allow them to get an MRI