Computed Tomography Scan Learning Objectives

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Toshiba introduced a 320-slice helical CT in ______

2005

The Aquilion One Vision Edition has a gantry rotation of ______ seconds

0.275

Compound axial tomography is also known as ______

computed transaxial tomography

CT eliminates ______ for better imaging

superimposition

______ is a disadvantage of CT scans

high patient dose

The main CT process includes data acquisition, ______, and image display

reconstruction

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany in the year ______

1895

William David Coolidge invented the hot cathode x-ray tube in the year ______

1913

Johann Radon demonstrated that the image of a 3-dimensional object can be reconstructed from an infinite number of 2-dimensional projections, providing the mathematical basis for CT image construction in the year ______

1917

André Bocage developed focal-plane tomography in the city of ______

Paris

Allesandro Vallebona proposed a method to represent a single slice of the body on the radiographic film called ______

topography

Godfrey Newboid Hounsfield first demonstrated the CT technique in the year ______

1968

In 1968, Godfrey Newboid Hounsfield first demonstrated the CT ______.

technique

The first clinical CT Scan in London in 1971 used a prototype EMI Head scanner with an 80x80 ______.

matrix

In 1972, Godfrey Hounsfield & James Bull showed the first clinical CT images in ______, USA.

New York

The first clinical whole body CT scanner in the USA was introduced in 1973 with a 320 x 320 ______.

matrix

In 1975, a prototype of the EMI CT1010 body scanner was installed at Atkinson Morley's Hospital in ______, UK.

London

In 1980, major development in CT Scanners included a 1024 x 1024 ______ and 1 to 3 secs scan time.

matrix

This quiz covers the principles and concepts of Computed Tomography (CT) as a diagnostic imaging modality, relevant terms in CT, the composition of a CT gantry, and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) tests in CT. It also includes a brief historical overview from the discovery of x-rays to the development of the hot cathode x-ray tube.

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