Relacionar Columnas Principles of Imaging 6-8 matchingVersión en línea Units 6-8 test review por Michelle Noble 1 measures patient thickness 2 3 kVp and total filtration 4 patient protection 5 6 decrease number of photons reaching the patient 7 added, inherent and total 8 9 x-ray tube and tube housing 10 attenuate 11 higher 12 aluminum or copper 13 2.5 mm 14 fixed aperture, cones, variable aperture 15 fewer 16 30 micrometers molybdenum or 50 micrometers rhodium 17 compensating filter 18 it is hardened what happens to receptor exposure as scatter decreases? categories of filtration types of beam restrictors the material filters are made of the primary purpose of beam restriction to decrease in intensity with the use of beam restriction, _______ photons exit the tube port window. when using a wedge filter, patient exposure will be _______ at the thinnest part of the filter how many HVLs would be necessary to reduce the intensity of the beam to less than 10% of its original value? the required micrometers of filtration for mammography tubes fluoroscopy and mobile equipment are recommended to have this much Al equivalent filtration. factors that affect the thickness of the HVL what happens to the primary beam when using a filter? purpose of calipers inherent filtration produces uniform radiographic exposure over body tissues of varying thicknesses what happens to contrast as scatter decreases? this is how beam restrictors protect the patient