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What is an advantage of scans of the pituitary taken in the coronal plane?
A.) IV contrast material is better visualized.
B.) Streak artifacts are reduced or eliminated.
C.) The patient is more comfortable during scanning.
D.) The patient receives a lower radiation dose. - correct answer ✔✔B.) Streak artifacts are reduced or
eliminated.
Which two strategies can reduce the effect of dental fillings in a sinus study?
A.) High mA and short scan time.
B.) Low kVp and high contrast, or bone algorithm.
C.) Adjust the angle of the gantry and widen the window width.
D.) Small focal spot and small display field. - correct answer ✔✔C.) Adjust the angle of the gantry and
widen the window width.
Which of the following conditions may be visualized in a CT study of the brain?
A.) Glioblastoma
B.) Wilm's Tumor
C.) Krukenberg Tumor
D.) Plasmacytosis - correct answer ✔✔A.) Glioblastoma
Which of the following is affected by the slice spacing in a CT study?
A.) Spatial Resolution
B.) Quantum Mottle
C.) Radiation Dose to the Patient
, D.) Signal-to-Noise Ration - correct answer ✔✔C.) Radiation Dose to the Patient
What is the name of the pinecone-shaped structure of the brain the can often be seen as calcified in CT
images? - correct answer ✔✔Pineal Gland
Third generation (rotate/rotate) scanners overcame which of the following limitations?
A.) Detector singal drift sensitivity
B.) Translation motion
C.) Spurious signals from moving signal wires
D.) Cost - correct answer ✔✔B.) Translation motion
What helical or spiral computed tomography term is defined as the table increment in distance per mm
per 360 degrees gantry rotation divided by the section thickness in mm? - correct answer ✔✔Pitch
What determines the section thickness? - correct answer ✔✔Incident beam collimation
What effect would an array processor failure have on image processing? - correct answer ✔✔Increase
image display time.
What change will occur in the number of detected photons if a section thickness is changed from 5 mm
to 10mm? - correct answer ✔✔Increase 100%
Which of the following will magnify the image?
A.) Increase the field of view.
B.) Decreasing field of view.
C.) Increasing section thickness.
D.) Decreasing section thickness. - correct answer ✔✔D.) Decreasing field of view.
Which of the following is convolution?
A.) Filtered back projection
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