Radiation producing interaction between a Projectile Electron and the nucleus of an atom.

Characteristic Radiation is when a Projectile Electron ionizes an atom by removing a K-Shell Electron AND an outershell electron fills that vacancy and emits energy in the form of an _______________.

Characteristic Radiation is when a Projectile Electron ionizes an atom by __________ a K-Shell Electron AND an outershell electron fills that vacancy and emits energy in the form of an X-Ray Photon.

When a projectile electron ionizes an atom by removing a K-Shell Electron AND an outer shell electron fills that vacancy and emitting energy in the form of an X-Ray Photon describes what?

Added filtration shifts Spectrum Curve to the _____ and results in an increase in the effective energy of the beam

Added filtration shifts Spectrum Curve to the right and results in an ___________ in the effective energy of the beam

High Frequency Generators are more _________ and both intensity and the effective energy will ______.

High Frequency Generators are more efficient and both ______ and the _____ _____ will increase

A change in kVp will change the amplitude slight and the positron of the peak of the curve describes what?

These will interact with target atoms and transfer their kinetic energy to the target atoms.

These interact with orbital electrons or nuclei of the atom

X-ray tubes produce __% heat.

What percentage of x-ray tubes produce Projectile Electrons.

_____ in heat production will ______ with Tube Current and kVp

Efficiency of x-ray production is independent of the ______ ____.

This type of radiation is when Energy = Difference in the Binding Energies of the Orbital Electrons involved.

Projectile Electron ionizes an atom and removes a K-Shell electron AND an outer shell electron fills that vacancy and emits energy in the form of X-Ray Photon describes what?

When is an atom in an unnatural state?

K-Shell electron can be vacant.

_______ charged electron passes close to the nucleus and ______ charged nucleus slows the electron and changes its course leaving electron with reduced kinetic energy.

Negatively charged electron passes close to the nucleus and Positively charged nucleus ______ the electron and changes its course leaving electron with reduced kinetic energy.

Negatively charged electron passes close to the nucleus and Positively charged nucleus slows the electron and changes its course leaving electron with ______kinetic energy.

This type of radiation produces interaction between a Projectile Electron and the Nucleus of an atom.

At 100 kVp, the beam consists of approximately __% Characteristic & __% Bremsstralung

What describes x-rays as being considered a radiation formed from the braking of Projectile electrons by the nucleus?

______ of kinetic energy appears as an X-Ray Photon.

Loss of kinetic energy appears as an X-Ray Photon in Characteristic Radiation.

Understanding X-Ray Emission Spectrum is the key to understanding how changes in kVp, mA, time, and filtration affect the Optical Density and Contrast of a radiograph.

Understanding X-Ray Emission Spectrum is the key to understanding how changes in kVp, mA, time, and filtration affect the ________ _____ and ________ of a radiograph.

Four Principle Factors: Influencing Shape of Emission Spectrum

Doubling the mA will double the _____ _____.

Change in kVp will change the ________ slightly and position of the peak of the curve.

What percent should you increase kVp to double the mAs to obtain a given Optical Density on a radiograph?

To double the intensity (mAs), how much would you have to increase the kVp?

A 40% increase in kVp would do what?

What does this graph depict?

If the target material has a higher Atomic Number, the X-ray Emission Spectrum would show a shift in what direction?

Adding filtration results in:

Which of these shows the least efficient waveforms.

Which of these shows the highest efficient waveforms.

KE = 1/2 x mv^2 is the formula for what?

Kinetic energy of the Projectile Electron is also converted into:

When a projectile electrons avoids all of the orbital electrons as it passes through a target atom and comes close to the nucleus describes Characteristic X-ray Production.

____________ is when a projectile electrons avoids all of the orbital electrons as it passes through a target atom and comes close to the nucleus.

In Bremsstrahlung x-ray production what two things happen to the Projectile Electron?

What THREE things does the Emission Spectrum allow us to make changes on that affects the quality of an image?

What describes adding filtration to reduce an x-ray beam's intensity while increasing the average energy?

The larger the area under the curve, in the emission spectrum, then the higher the x-ray ____ or _______.