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Abstract
Sharpen your radiographic skills and reinforce what you've learned in Bushong’s Radiologic Science for Technologists, 11th Edition. Corresponding to the chapters in the textbook, this workbook utilizes worksheets, crossword puzzles and math exercises to help you master the information in your reading. Plus, a math tutor section helps you brush up on your math skills. By using this workbook you’ll gain the scientific understanding and practical experience needed to become an informed, confident radiographer.
- Comprehensive and in-depth coverage lets users review and apply all of the major concepts in the text.
- Over 100 worksheets make it easy to review specific topics, and are numbered according to textbook chapter.
- Penguin boxes summarize relevant information from the textbook, making it easier to review major concepts and do worksheet exercises.
- Math Tutor worksheets provide a great refresher or extra practice with decimal and fractional timers, fraction/decimal conversion, solving for desired mAs, and technique adjustments.
- NEW! Chapters on radiography/fluoroscopy patient radiation dose and computed tomography patient radiation dose provide up-to-date information on the challenges of digital imaging that will be encountered in the clinical setting.
- NEW! Closer correlation to the textbook simplifies review.
- NEW! Worksheets on radiography/fluoroscopy patient radiation dose and computed tomography patient radiation dose offer an excellent review of the new textbook chapters.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Front matter | i | ||
| Workbook for radiologic science for technologists | i | ||
| Copyright | ii | ||
| Preface | iii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Worksheet 1-1 Nature of our surroundings matter and energy sources of ionizing radiation | 1 | ||
| Mass is the quantity of matter described by its energy equivalence. | 1 | ||
| Energy is the ability to do work. | 1 | ||
| Radiation is the transfer of energy. | 1 | ||
| Exercises | 1 | ||
| Worksheet 1-2 discovery of x-rays development of medical imaging | 3 | ||
| Exercises | 3 | ||
| Worksheet 1-3 reports of radiation injury basic radiation protection the medical imaging team | 5 | ||
| Exercises | 5 | ||
| Worksheet 1-4 standard units of measurement | 7 | ||
| Exercises | 7 | ||
| Worksheet 1-5 newton’s laws | 7 | ||
| Exercises | 9 | ||
| Worksheet 1-6 mechanics | 11 | ||
| Work | 11 | ||
| Energy | 11 | ||
| Power | 11 | ||
| Exercises | 11 | ||
| Worksheet 1-7 numeric prefixes | 13 | ||
| Exercises | 13 | ||
| Worksheet 1-8 radiologic units | 15 | ||
| Exercises | 15 | ||
| Worksheet 2-1 Centuries of discovery | 17 | ||
| The periodic table | 17 | ||
| Exercises | 17 | ||
| Worksheet 2-2 fundamental particles atomic structure | 19 | ||
| Exercises | 19 | ||
| Worksheet 2-3 atomic nomenclature combinations of atoms | 21 | ||
| Exercises | 21 | ||
| Worksheet 2-4 radioactivity | 23 | ||
| Exercises | 23 | ||
| Worksheet 2-5 types of ionizing radiation | 25 | ||
| Exercises | 25 | ||
| Worksheet 3-1 Photons | 27 | ||
| Exercises | 27 | ||
| Worksheet 3-2 electromagnetic spectrum | 29 | ||
| Exercises | 29 | ||
| Worksheet 3-3 wave-particle duality | 31 | ||
| Exercises | 31 | ||
| Worksheet 3-4 inverse square law | 33 | ||
| Exercises | 33 | ||
| Worksheet 3-5 x-ray photons | 35 | ||
| Exercises | 35 | ||
| Worksheet 3-6 matter and energy | 37 | ||
| Exercises | 37 | ||
| Worksheet 4-1 Electrostatics | 39 | ||
| Exercises | 39 | ||
| Worksheet 4-2 electrodynamics | 41 | ||
| Ohm’s law | 41 | ||
| Series circuits | 41 | ||
| Parallel circuits | 41 | ||
| Exercises | 41 | ||
| Worksheet 4-3 alternating and direct currents | 45 | ||
| Exercises | 45 | ||
| Worksheet 4-4 magnetism | 47 | ||
| Exercises | 47 | ||
| Worksheet 4-5 electromagnetic effect electromagnetic induction | 49 | ||
| Exercises | 49 | ||
| Worksheet 4-6 electromagnetic devices | 51 | ||
| Exercises | 51 | ||
| Worksheet 4-7 the transformer | 53 | ||
| Exercises | 53 | ||
| Worksheet 5-1 Operating console control of kilovolt peak (kvp) | 55 | ||
| Exercises | 55 | ||
| Worksheet 5-2 operating console control of milliamperage (ma) | 57 | ||
| Exercises | 57 | ||
| Worksheet 5-3 operating console exposure timers | 59 | ||
| Exercises | 59 | ||
| Worksheet 5-4 high-voltage generator high-voltage generation | 61 | ||
| Exercises | 62 | ||
| Worksheet 5-5 high-voltage generator rectification | 63 | ||
| Exercises | 63 | ||
| Worksheet 6-1 Internal components the x-ray tube cathode | 65 | ||
| Exercises | 65 | ||
| Worksheet 6-2 internal components the x-ray tube anode | 67 | ||
| Exercises | 67 | ||
| Worksheet 6-3 x-ray tube failure x-ray tube rating charts | 69 | ||
| Exercises | 69 | ||
| Worksheet 7-1 Electron-target interactions characteristic radiation | 73 | ||
| Exercises | 73 | ||
| Worksheet 7-2 electron-target interactions bremsstrahlung radiation | 75 | ||
| Exercises | 75 | ||
| Worksheet 7-3 x-ray emission spectrum | 77 | ||
| Exercises | 77 | ||
| Worksheet 7-4 x-ray emission spectrum minimum wavelength | 79 | ||
| Exercises | 79 | ||
| Worksheet 7-5 x-ray emission spectrum factors that affect the x-ray emission spectrum | 81 | ||
| Exercises | 81 | ||
| Worksheet 8-1 X-ray emission x-ray quantity | 83 | ||
| Exercises | 83 | ||
| Worksheet 8-2 x-ray emission x-ray quality | 85 | ||
| Exercises | 85 | ||
| Worksheet 8-3 x-ray emission half-value layer | 87 | ||
| Exercises | 87 | ||
| Worksheet 8-4 x-ray emission filtration | 89 | ||
| Exercises | 89 | ||
| Worksheet 9-1 X-ray interaction with matter compton effect | 91 | ||
| Exercises | 91 | ||
| Worksheet 9-2 x-ray interaction with matter photoelectric effect | 93 | ||
| Exercises | 93 | ||
| Worksheet 9-3 x-ray interaction with matter differential absorption/atomic number | 95 | ||
| Exercises | 95 | ||
| Worksheet 9-4 x-ray interaction with matter differential absorption/mass density | 97 | ||
| Exercises | 97 | ||
| Worksheet 10-1 Film Factors | 99 | ||
| EXERCISES | 99 | ||
| Worksheet 10-2 Geometric Factors | 101 | ||
| EXERCISES | 101 | ||
| Worksheet 10-3 Focal-Spot Blur | 103 | ||
| EXERCISES | 103 | ||
| Worksheet 10-4 Subject Factors | 105 | ||
| EXERCISES | 105 | ||
| Worksheet 10-5 Improving Radiographic Quality | 107 | ||
| EXERCISES | 107 | ||
| Worksheet 10-6 Patient Factors | 109 | ||
| EXERCISES | 109 | ||
| Worksheet 10-7 Image Quality Factors | 111 | ||
| EXERCISES | 111 | ||
| Worksheet 10-8 Radiographic Technique Charts | 113 | ||
| EXERCISES | 113 | ||
| Worksheet 11-1 Production of scatter radiation | 115 | ||
| Exercises | 115 | ||
| Worksheet 11-2 control of scatter radiation | 117 | ||
| Exercises | 117 | ||
| Worksheet 11-3 characteristics of grid construction | 119 | ||
| Exercises | 119 | ||
| Worksheet 11-4 measuring grid performance | 121 | ||
| Exercises | 121 | ||
| Worksheet 11-5 types of grids use of grids grid selection | 123 | ||
| Exercises | 123 | ||
| Worksheet 12-1 Film construction | 125 | ||
| Exercises | 125 | ||
| Worksheet 12-2 formation of latent image | 127 | ||
| Exercises | 127 | ||
| Worksheet 12-3 types of film handling and storage of film | 129 | ||
| Exercises | 129 | ||
| Worksheet 12-4 screen construction luminescence screen characteristics | 131 | ||
| Exercises | 131 | ||
| Worksheet 12-5 screen-film combinations screen care fluoroscopic screens | 133 | ||
| Exercises | 133 | ||
| Worksheet 12-6 processing chemistry | 135 | ||
| Exercises | 135 | ||
| Worksheet 12-7 automatic processing | 137 | ||
| Exercises | 137 | ||
| Worksheet 12-8 quality control artifacts | 139 | ||
| Exercises | 139 | ||
| Worksheet 13-1 Fifteen percent rule | 141 | ||
| Exercises | 141 | ||
| Worksheet 13-2 exposure time | 143 | ||
| Exercises | 143 | ||
| Worksheet 13-3 adjusting for change in distance | 145 | ||
| Exercises | 145 | ||
| Worksheet 13-4 characteristics of the imaging system | 147 | ||
| Exercises | 147 | ||
| Worksheet 13-5 tomography magnification radiography | 149 | ||
| Exercises | 149 | ||
| Worksheet 14-1 History of computers anatomy of a computer | 151 | ||
| Exercises | 151 | ||
| Worksheet 14-2 computer software processing methods | 153 | ||
| Exercises | 153 | ||
| Across | 155 | ||
| Down | 155 | ||
| Worksheet 15-1 Computed radiography image receptor | 157 | ||
| Exercises | 157 | ||
| Worksheet 15-2 computed radiography reader | 159 | ||
| Exercises | 159 | ||
| Worksheet 16-1 Direct radiography | 161 | ||
| Exercises | 161 | ||
| Worksheet 17-1 Spatial resolution | 163 | ||
| Exercises | 163 | ||
| Worksheet 17-2 contrast resolution contrast detail | 165 | ||
| Exercises | 165 | ||
| Worksheet 18-1 Viewing the digital radiographic image | 167 | ||
| Exercises | 167 | ||
| Worksheet 19-1 Image artifacts | 169 | ||
| Exercises | 169 | ||
| Across | 170 | ||
| Down | 170 | ||
| Worksheet 20-1 Screen-film radiographic quality control | 171 | ||
| Exercises | 171 | ||
| Worksheet 21-1 Digital radiographic artifacts | 173 | ||
| Exercises | 173 | ||
| Worksheet 22-1 Digital radiographic quality control | 175 | ||
| Exercises | 175 | ||
| Worksheet 23-1 Basis for mammography X-ray imaging system magnification mammography | 179 | ||
| Exercises | 179 | ||
| Worksheet 24-1 Quality control team quality control program | 181 | ||
| Exercises | 181 | ||
| Worksheet 25-1 Illumination human vision | 185 | ||
| Exercises | 185 | ||
| Worksheet 25-2 Image intensification | 187 | ||
| Exercises | 187 | ||
| Worksheet 25-3 image monitoring | 189 | ||
| Exercises | 189 | ||
| Worksheet 26-1 Digital fluoroscopy | 191 | ||
| Exercises | 191 | ||
| Worksheet 27-1 Types of procedures basic principles ir suite | 195 | ||
| Exercises | 195 | ||
| Worksheet 28-1 Principles of operation of CT | 197 | ||
| Exercises | 197 | ||
| Worksheet 28-2 image characteristics image quality quality assurance | 199 | ||
| Exercises | 199 | ||
| Worksheet 28-3 computed tomography | 201 | ||
| Exercises | 201 | ||
| Worksheet 29-1 Human radiation response composition of the body | 205 | ||
| Exercises | 205 | ||
| Worksheet 29-2 cell theory | 207 | ||
| Exercises | 207 | ||
| Worksheet 29-3 human cells tissues and organs | 209 | ||
| Exercises | 209 | ||
| Worksheet 30-1 Law of bergoni and tribondeau physical factors that affect radiosensitivity | 211 | ||
| Exercises | 211 | ||
| Worksheet 30-2 biologic factors that affect radiosensitivity radiation dose-response relationships | 213 | ||
| Exercises | 213 | ||
| Worksheet 31-1 Molecular radiobiology | 215 | ||
| Exercises | 215 | ||
| Worksheet 32-1 Cellular radiobiology | 217 | ||
| Exercises | 217 | ||
| Worksheet 33-1 Acute radiation lethality local tissue damage | 219 | ||
| Exercises | 219 | ||
| Worksheet 33-2 hematologic effects cytogenetic effects | 221 | ||
| Exercises | 221 | ||
| Across | 224 | ||
| Down | 224 | ||
| Worksheet 34-1 Local tissue effects life span shortening risk estimates | 225 | ||
| Exercises | 225 | ||
| Worksheet 34-2 radiation-induced malignancy total risk of malignancy radiation and pregnancy | 227 | ||
| Exercises | 227 | ||
| Worksheet 35-1 Cardinal principles of radiation protection dose limits | 229 | ||
| Exercises | 229 | ||
| Worksheet 36-1 Design of x-ray apparatus design of protective barriers | 231 | ||
| Exercises | 231 | ||
| Worksheet 36-2 radiation detection and measurement | 233 | ||
| Exercises | 233 | ||
| Worksheet 37-1 Patient radiation dose reduction of unnecessary patient dose | 235 | ||
| Exercises | 235 | ||
| Worksheet 38-1 CT patient radiation dose | 237 | ||
| Exercises | 237 | ||
| Worksheet 39-1 Patient radiation dose management | 239 | ||
| Exercises | 239 | ||
| Worksheet 40-1 Occupational exposure reduction of occupational radiation exposure | 241 | ||
| Exercises | 241 | ||
| Across | 243 | ||
| Down | 243 | ||
| Math Tutor | 245 | ||
| Working with decimal timers | 247 | ||
| Exercise 1: Calculating total mas values | 247 | ||
| Working with decimal timers | 249 | ||
| Exercise 1: Calculating total mas values | 249 | ||
| Working with fractional timers | 251 | ||
| Exercise 2: The 100 ma station | 251 | ||
| Working with fractional timers | 253 | ||
| Exercise 3: The 200 ma and 50 ma stations | 253 | ||
| Working with fractional timers | 255 | ||
| Exercise 4: The 300 ma station | 255 | ||
| Working with fractional timers | 257 | ||
| Exercise 5: The 400, 500, and 600 ma stations | 257 | ||
| Working with fractional timers | 259 | ||
| Exercise 6: Complex fractions | 259 | ||
| Timers: Converting fractions into decimals and vice versa | 261 | ||
| Exercise 7: Converting fractions into decimals | 261 | ||
| Timers: Converting fractions into decimals and vice versa | 263 | ||
| Exercise 8: Converting decimals into fractions | 263 | ||
| Finding mA and time combinations for desired mAs | 265 | ||
| Exercise 9: Warm-up calculations | 265 | ||
| Finding mA and time calculations for desired mAs | 267 | ||
| Exercise 10: Calculations using fractions | 267 | ||
| Finding mA and time calculations for desired mAs | 265 | ||
| Exercise 11: Calculations using decimals | 265 | ||
| Technique adjustments | 271 | ||
| Exercise 12: Applying the 15% rule for kvp, applying the rule in steps, and applying the rule in portions | 271 | ||
| Technique adjustments | 273 | ||
| Exercise 13: adjusting for distance changes, the inverse square law, and the square law: Rules of thumb for distance changes | 273 | ||
| Technique adjustments | 275 | ||
| Exercise 13: adjusting for distance changes, the inverse square law, and the square law: Rules of thumb for distance changes | 275 |