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Radiographic Imagingattenuation - correct answer ✔✔process by which a beam of radiation is reduced in energy when
passing through tissue or other materials
automatic rescaling - correct answer ✔✔process by which images are produced with uniform brightness
and contrast, regardless of the amount of exposure
brightness - correct answer ✔✔the amount of light emitted from a flat-screen monitor
computed radiography - correct answer ✔✔cassette or cassette-based digital radiography; the digital
acquisition modality that uses storage phosphor plates to produce images
contrast - correct answer ✔✔difference between adjacent densities on a radiographic image
density - correct answer ✔✔degree of darkening or blackness of exposed and processed photographic
or radiographic film
digital radiography - correct answer ✔✔cassette or casette-less image receptor systems that convert x-
ray energy into a digital electronic signal for manipulation and display
direct capture - correct answer ✔✔devices that convert incident x-ray energy directly into an electrical
signal, typically using a photoconductor as the x-ray absorber and a thin-film transistor as the signal
collection area, which then sends the electrical signal to the computer for processing and viewing
distortion - correct answer ✔✔misrepresentation of the true size or shape of an object
exposure index - correct answer ✔✔a numeric representation of the quantity of exposure received by a
digital image receptor
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