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What is the term used to describe the radiation that leaves the x-ray tube and strikes the patient and x-ray table?
What is the term used to describe the radiation that leaves the x-ray tube and strikes the patient and x-ray table?
- Exit radiation
- Primary radiation (correct)
- Scattered radiation
- Remnant radiation
What is the function of the central ray in radiography?
What is the function of the central ray in radiography?
- To absorb scattered x-rays
- To align the x-ray tube to the body part to be imaged (correct)
- To form the triangular-shaped x-ray beam
- To identify the exact center of the x-ray beam
What is the pattern of varying intensity in the x-ray beam that exits on the opposite side of the patient called?
What is the pattern of varying intensity in the x-ray beam that exits on the opposite side of the patient called?
- Primary radiation
- Scattered radiation
- Exit radiation
- Remnant radiation (correct)
