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The loss of anatomic information between contiguous sections due to inconsistent patient
breathing is called?
a. cupping artifact
b. misregistration
c. overshoot artifact
d. out-of-field artifact
A CT image is formed in part by projecting back all of the attenuation values recorded during
data acquisition onto a?
a. pixel
b. voxel
c. matrix
d. reformat
What is the dimension of each pixel in an image with a 512x512 mm matrix and a DFOV
equaling 25.6 cm?
a. 0.5mm
b. 0.5cm
c. 0.05cm
d. both a and c
The major disadvantage of the fan-shaped x-ray beam used in modern CT units when
compared with "pencil-thin" beams is?
a. increased transmission measurements
b. increased patient dose
c. decreased transmission measurements
d. excess tube wear
Which of the following is the most common type of noise found in CT images?
a. statistical noise
b. electronic noise
c. artifactual noise
d. filter noise
a. daily
b. weekly
c. monthly
d. annually
Which of the following is the primary interaction between x-ray photons and tissue during Ct
examination?
a. bremsstrahlung effect
b. characteristic effect
c. Compton effect
d. coherent scatter
Ring artifacts on the CT image are associated wih which of the following tube-detector
geometric relationships?
a. rotate-nutate
b. rotate-stationary
c. rotate-rotate
d. translate-rotate