Radiographer

Any person who positions, exposes, and processes x-ray dental image receptors

• dental radiograph

• radiation

• dentist

• dental radiographer

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

The science or study of radiation as used in medicine

• film

• radiograph

• radiology

• x-ray

Match the contribution with the pioneer.

• Rollins

• Roentgen

• Price

• Kells

A photographic image produced on film by the passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures is:

• radiation

• Kodak

• dental radiograph

• x-ray

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Match the contribution with the pioneer.

Used paralleling technique in practical dental radiography

• Rollins

• Roentgen

• Kells

• McCormack

What distance should the radiographer stand from the patient and x-ray tube during an exposure?

• 1 meters

• 2 meters

• 3 meters

• 6 meters

It is permissible for the radiographer to stand in the useful beam for the purpose of restraining a patient?

• True

• False

What type of radiation poses the greatest occupational hazard in radiology?

• Primary beam

• Scatter

• Absorbed

Answer explanation

Scatter

What impact does filtration have on patient dose?

• Removes photons leaving the patient and decreases IR exposure

• Removes scatter radiation but increases dose

• Removes high energy photons that increase dose

• Removes low energy photons that increase dose

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What is the lead equivalent required for the protective lead curtain on a fluoroscopic unit?

• 1 mm

• .25mm

• .5mm

• .35mm

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5