Exam 43: Assisting with Diagnostic Imaging

The source-to-image distance is the distance from the gantry to the film.

In the lateral recumbent position, the patient is sitting up on the right or left side.

AP stands for __________.

Patients with diabetes should take their insulin before examinations that require NPO preparation to prevent hyperglycemia.

What plane divides the body into two equal right and left halves?

Which types of scans do not provide clear images of anatomic structures but are used to obtain information about the function of organs and tissues?

__________ ultrasonography can be used to detect vascular disease, such as atherosclerosis and venous thrombosis.

Indications of serious complications from iodine dye injection include flushing and nausea.

Blood cells and blood-producing cells are very sensitive to radiation exposure.

Which statement is true about the somatic effects of radiation exposure?

Buttons and thick seams in clothing may cause an artifact on an x-ray film.

Which of the following cells are considered less sensitive to radiation?

Which of the following agents is (are) injected into joint capsules to produce an arthrogram?

PET scans frequently are used to assess the spread of cancerous tumors.

The radioactive substance administered to a patient for nuclear medicine imaging procedures is called a(n) __________.

The best tool for detailed studies of the organs of the chest and abdomen is either a chest x-ray film or a flat plate of the abdomen.

A(n) __________ should be worn close to the collar and outside a lead apron to pick up radiation exposure.

The medical term meaning "toward the midline of the body" is

Which of the following planes divides the body into equal right and left parts?

The frontal projection in which the patient is prone, or facing the x-ray film or image receptor, is called __________.