CT - Reviewer 2

Provides cross-sectional views (slices) of the body region being scanned, also uses x radiation to produce images

• COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
• DATA ACQUISITION
• IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
• IMAGE DISPLAY

CT images cannot be reconstructed to produce a 3D model of the body part being scanned.

• False
• True

Exposes the patient to more radiation, but provides more accurate representation of the anatomy

• True
• False

•To acquire the information • Data are acquired when x-rays pass through a patient to strike a detector and recorded.

• DATA ACQUISITION
• COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
• IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
• IMAGE DISPLAY

Use the informationcollected in the previous segment and prepare it for display

• IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
• DATA ACQUISITION
• COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
• IMAGE DISPLAY

The process data are converted into shades of gray for viewing

• IMAGE DISPLAY
• IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
• DATA ACQUISITION
• COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

All are under data acquisition except,

• Computer
• X-Ray Tube
• Patient
• Digital Data

All are under image reconstruction except,

• Patient
• Computer
• Digital to Analog Converter
• Analog Data

The CT scanner looks like a giant thick ring, within the wall of the scanner there is an x-ray source. Opposite the x-ray source, the other side of the ring, are x-ray detectors.

• THE CT MACHINE
• GANTRY
• CT X-RAY TUBE
• SUPER ROLATIX CERAMIC X-RAY TUBE

Framework that holds x-ray tube and radiation detection system into place and maintains their alignment.

• GANTRY
• CT X-RAY TUBE
• SUPER ROLATIX CERAMIC X-RAY TUBE
• GENERATOR