Radiation Protection Quiz # 4

This step helps assist the physician and other members of the radiation therapy team in the treatment planning process by establishing the appropriate volume to be treated and identifying the normal structures within or adjacent to this volume.

Implies the use of a machine capable of the same mechanical movements as treatment units and acquires x-ray images of the patient

Projects a scale onto the patient's skin which corresponds to the source skin distance (SSD).

Field defining wires are usually made with?

What are the 3 reference axis/points that are needed for that is usually marked for the isoorigin of the patient?

Carbon fiber is suitable for radiographic equipment because it has an atomic number of?

Analyzation and processing of information received from the detector is known as?

Generally, it is located 80 to 100 cm from the focal spot and between 100 and 130 cm above the floor.

Images involves creating a digital reconstruction of an image made by a three-dimensional (3D) imaging system, such as a computed tomography (CT) scan, to produce a new two-dimensional (2D) image that emulates a medical X-ray scan.

4 stages of the treatment process in radiation therapy