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IMSA Module 4
1. What does APR stand for:
Answer Anatomically programmed radiography
2. What do you choose with the APR button:
Answer Body part
3. What does AEC stand for:
Answer Automatic Exposure control
4. What does the AEC button choose:
Answer The photo cells used
5. Which way does the longitudinal button move the tube:
Answer side to side
6. Which way does the vertical button move the x-ray tube:
Answer up and down
7. Which button moves the tube into detent:
Answer Transverse
8. What does cephalad mean: 1 / 2
Answer toward the head
9. What does Caudad mean:
Answer toward the feet
10. What are the three sizes of cassettes:
Answer 14x17, 10x12, 8x10
11. What is the minimum SID for a CXR:
Answer 72 inches
12. What image receptor should you use:
Answer 14x17
13. What should you choose on your control panel:
Answer APR(Select Chest),110-125kV, Outer photocells selected
- What orientation and size of cassette should you use for a hyperstenic andbroad-
chested patient:
Answer 14x17 crosswise
15. What are some steps for preparing the room for a CXR:
Answer Rotate the tube headto the upright bucky, align the upright bucky to the proper height of the x-ray tube, put x-ray tube in detent, move the x-ray tube to 72 inch SID, Place a 14x17 cassettein the upright bucky tray
16. What are five radiographic densities:
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