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When preparing to add antiseptic iodine to a sterile field, why must some of the liquid be poured into the sink before adding the remainder to the sterile container? - To wash the container's lip to prevent contamination, this maintains the sterile field Why is there a maximum injection pressure for an automatic injection device during contrast media administration? - A preset maximum injection pressure helps to prevent vessel damage 1. The QC tech performs testing after the image acquired...

You receive a req on a 1yr old who is Dx with Talipes equinovarus. What body part should you expect to x-ray? - Feet What formula is used to calculate mAs when SID has been altered? - Old mAs/new mAs = old SID squared/new SID squared When doing single contrast barium enemas, what is the predominant type of electron interaction occurring in the patient? - Photoelectric What is an advantage of CT over conventional radiography? - Improved soft tissue differentiation Absorbed dose. Which is t...

What is an Adrenergic drug? - Drug that stimulates the nervous system, and causes the relaxation of smooth muscles of the bronchi. What is a common example of an adrenergic drug? - Epinephrine What is an example of a local anesthetic? - Lidocaine (Xylocaine) What are some common side effects of anticoagulants? - - Bruising - Spontaneous bleeding What is an anticholinergic drug? - A drug that depresses the parasympathetic nervous system and act as antispasmodics of smooth muscle. They de...

Radiation therapy is a treatment that utilizes - high energy radiation to destroy cancer cells Medical history may include questions on hormone use because - the use of reproductive hormones can increase risk factors for breast cancer In imaging implants some of the projections taken will include an image of the implant. In these projections, the compression is used - For immobilization only The glandular dose is a measure of - the dose to the radiosensitive cells of the breast Which of th...

What is the kVp range for mammography? - 22-32 kVp What is the anode made of? - molybdenum Filtration must be at least - 0.55mm aluminum What is the window made of? - 0.8-1 Beryllium Is the focal size small or large for mammography? - Large for routine views. Small for magnification views. The lip of the compression paddle should be_______. - 2 to 4 cm in height and at a right angle to the chest wall What is the grid ratio for mammography? - 5:1 What is the grid frequency? - 30-50 lines...

What factors led to early erroneous theories on the human anatomy? - Social and religious taboos against dissection. Scientists were forced to experiment on animals. Who was most responsible for correcting errors in human anatomy? - Andreus Vesalius, Flemish physician () In the early 18th century, the prognosis of women with breast cancer remained poor. What was a major contributing factor? - There was no early detection tool. Cancers were discovered by visual inspection at later stages, ...

The ACS does not recommend routine mammograms for women below the age of: - 40 Is Lymph node enlargement, nipple inversion, nipple discharge, skin thickening, and/or breast lumps are ALWAYS a sign of breast cancer. a. True b. False - b. False The only task NOT required of the RT is: - Diagnosing the patient's condition Which is NOT considered curative breast surgery: - core sample biopsy The reason(s) for performing BSE include: - to compensate for the inaccuracy in mammograms (up to 20...

Uranium (U) is a radioactive metallic element with an atomic number of - 92 Muci is a cell-associated mucin glycoprotein that is found in more than % of mammary gland tumors - 90 When was the earliest recording of a breast tumor? - 1862 The breast imaging equipment that prints blue and white images on paper is called - Xerorradiography T or F? The primary disadvantage of xeromammography was the high radiation dose to the patient - True ..............had a larger recording latitute than s...

what is the greatest risk factor for breast cancer - gender the MQSA was passed in order to - regulate and increase the efficiency of mammography in the u.s. the standard projections for screening mammograms is - cranial-caudal and mediolateral oblique peau d'orange is a typical sign indicative of - inflammatory breast cancer all of the following are significant details of a patients history except: a. prior films at an outside facility b. change n blood pressure medication c. prior ches...

Anesthetic is? - a medication that produces anesthesia, the partial or complete loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness. Baseline mammogram refers to? - A women's very first mammogram. Future mammograms can be compared against this baseline. Cautery is? - A device or agent used to coagulate blood or tissue by heat electricity freezing, or other caustic substances. Chemotherapy is? - The use of drugs to treat cancer that has spread through the body. Chromosomes are normall...