Increased collimation results in:

patient dose increasing
scatter radiation increasing
all of these answers apply
radiographic contrast increasing


radiographic contrast increasing

Rationale: Increased collimation of the primary beam results in: an increase in radiographic contrast, decreased radiographic density, decreased patient dose, and decrease in scatter radiation.

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