A study guide to understanding radiography / by Stephen S. Hiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiss, Stephen S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiography, Medical--Examinations, questions, etc.

Radiography, Medical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Other Title:

Understanding radiography.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study guide amplifies and clarifies the material found in the main text, UNDERSTANDING RADIOGRAPHY. With its parallel format, the study guide will help the reader understand and remember the information presented. The guide has been expanded to include the material added to the Third Edition, including a new chapter on computed tomography. In the study guide, the author concentrates on helping the reader prepare for the registry examination. He poses hundreds of questions that will help the student retain each lesson and assess his or her own mastery of it. These questions are arranged by

Contents:

HALF TITLE: A STUDY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING RADIOGRAPHY; TITLE PAGE: A STUDY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING RADIOGRAPHY; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE; CHAPTER TWO: RADIOGRAPHIC FILM; CHAPTER THREE: AUTOMATIC PROCESSING; CHAPTER FOUR: INTENSIFYING SCREENS; CHAPTER FIVE: MILLIAMPERAGE; CHAPTER SIX: FOCAL FILM DISTANCE; CHAPTER SEVEN: KILOVOLTAGE; CHAPTER EIGHT: THE HUMAN BODY AS AN EMITTER AND BEAM MODIFIER; CHAPTER NINE: CONTROLLING THE REMNANT BEAM; CHAPTER TEN: TOMOGRAPHY; CHAPTER ELEVEN: CONVERSION FACTORS IN RADIOGRAPHY*; CHAPTER TWELVE: FILM CRITIQUE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: RADIATION PROTECTIONCHAPTER FOURTEEN: RADIOGRAPHIC TUBES; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE X-RAY CIRCUIT; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: T. V. CAMERAS, IMAGE INTENSIFICATION, AND DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ANSWERS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08216-2

OCLC:

697120761