Sheets of metal that are positioned outside the glass window, but above the shutters, are considered:

inherent filtration
total filtration
added filtration
effective focal spot


added filtration

Rationale: Added filtration means thin sheets of aluminum are added to the existing inherent filtration. The effect of added filtration is to remove low energies from the beam that contribute to patient skin dose.

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A combining vowel is most often the letter "a."

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Through which pulmonary artery catheter port would you obtain a mixed venous blood sample?

a. Proximal (right atrium) port b. Catheter thermistor connector c. Distal (catheter tip) port d. Balloon inflation port

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The Nuclear Medicine section lists a radionuclide, Technetium 99m (Tc-99m) (character 5). This product is used in all of the following root operations except:

A. positron emission tomography (PET). B. planar nuclear medicine. C. tomographic (tomo) nuclear medicine. D. nonimaging nuclear medicine.

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