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1
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What is Conduction heat exchange?

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Heat transfer thru physical contact

2
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What is Convection Heat Exchange?

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Heat transfer via movement of matter

EX: Hand over flame

3
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What is Radiation Heat Exchange?

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Heat transfer involving Electromagnetic Waves

4
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How are Electromagnetic waves produced?

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Acceleration of Charged Particles

Wave-Like & Particle-Like Properties

5
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Electromagnetic waves also act like small packets of energy, also known as?

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Photons

6
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According to Energy Conservation, How does the Total energy in an Isolated System change?

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Total Energy is the kinetic energy & the mass equivalent - total energy remains constant

7
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What is Radioactive Decay?

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Spontaneous process where an unstable nucleas goes from high energy to low energy

Happens when repulsive forces > attractive forces

8
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What is a Radionuclide?

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A nuclide that undergoes Radioactive Decay

9
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What determines the Electromagnetic Radiation’s effect on Matter?

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Energy of the Photon(s)

10
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What is Non-Ionizing Radiation?

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When photons dont have enough energy to ionize matter and the energy just gets absorbed by matter, causing an increase of internal energy

EX: Microwave, Infrared, UV Radiation, Visible LIght

11
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What is actually happening when matter is exposed to Non-Ionizing Radiation and the energy is absorbed?

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Rotation, Vibration, or Excitation of Electrons inside the molecule or atoms

12
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What does Microwaves do to Atoms & Molecules?

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Atoms: Nothing

Molecules: Rotation

13
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What does Infrared do to Atoms & Molecules?

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Atoms: Nothing

Molecules: Rotation & Vibration

14
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What does Visible Light & UV Light do to Atoms & Molecules?

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Rearrange electrons for both

15
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Why is Ionizing Radiation more Dangerous than Non-Ionizing Radiation?

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Ionizing Radiation has enough energy to Break Chemical Bonds

EX: X-rays, Gamma Rays, Alpha/Beta Particles

16
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What are the 3 Sources of Radioactive Material?

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Primordial - exists from beginning of time

Cosmogenic - Radiation from space

Anthropogenic - From environment d/t human activities

17
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What is the Unit in which radiation Exposure is measured?

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Roentgen (R)

18
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What is the Absorbed Dose of Radiation?

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Amt of radiation energy absorbed per unit mass

(rad: radiation-absorbed dose is an older unit used)

19
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At the most basic level, what does Ionizing Radiation do to Atoms & Molecules?

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Removes Electrons from Atoms & Molecules

20
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What type of cells are highly sensitive to radiation?

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Cells that divide frequently - bone marrow, embryos, male gonads, tumors, CNS

21
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What is the term for Bioligical Effects due to Radiation Exposure?

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Somatic

22
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What are the products made when Radiation interacts with the water in our cells?

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Ions, Free Radicals, and Excited atoms/molecules that can indirectly lead to DNA damage

Ionizing Radiation can directly lead to DNA damage

23
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What is the term used for effects or mutations from Radiation Exposure passed on to future generations?

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Genetic Effects

24
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What are Tissue Weighting Factors (WT)?

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Way to determine various radiation sensitivity of different tissue & organs

25
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What is the Tissue Weighting Factor for Gonads?

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WT = 0.20

26
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What is the Tissue Weighting Factor for Bone Marrow & Lung?

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WT = 0.12

27
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What is the Tissue Weighting Factor for Bladder, Breast, Liver and Thyroid?

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WT = 0.05

28
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What is the Tissue Weighting Factor for Skin?

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WT = 0.01

29
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What is the ALARA Principle?

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_A_s _L_ow _A_s _R_easonably _A_chievable

30
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What do Dosimeters, film badges, and finger rings do?

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Monitors Occupation Dose of Ionizing Radiation exposure

31
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What are three ways to enforce the ALARA principle?

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Time

Distance

Shielding

32
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What is the Inverse Square Law?

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Dose is Proportional to the Inverse of the Square of the Radius

Double the distance = reduces 4x the radiation

33
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What is the basic concept of Waves?

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Periodic ripples, disturbances, or movement of energy

34
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What are the types of Waves?

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  • Transverse Waves - moves up and down (perpendicular)
    • EX: Electromagnetic Waves
  • Longitudinal Waves - moves back and forth (parallel) and causes compression & decompression (Rarefaction)
    • Sound waves
35
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What is Wave Frequency?

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Waves/Cycles per second measured in Hertz (Hz)

36
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What is Wavelength?

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Distance from one wave crest to the next

37
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How far the wave “slides” is also known as its?

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Period or Phase Shift

38
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What is the Wave Amplitude?

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Height of the wave

39
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What unit is the Speed of the Wave measured?

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Meters per Second

40
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What is the bottom of the Wave called?

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Trough

41
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What kind of waves can be Refracted, Diffracted or Absorbed by other waves?

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Pressure Waves (Sound Waves)

42
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What is Wave Reflection?

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Waves reflect off a medium at same, but opposite angle

43
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What is Wave Refraction?

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Redirection of a wave due to contact w/ a new medium

44
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What is Wave Diffraction?

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Wave Spreading, Scattering, or Bending around an object

45
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What happens when Sound Waves interact with certain tissues that cause Attenuation (reduction of amplitude/effect)?

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Wave is converted to Heat and Dissipates

46
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What are the Signal Generators & Signal Transducers of Ultrasonography?

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Piezoelectric Crystals

47
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What is the Resonant Frequency regarding Piezoelectric Crystals?

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The rate of vibration & pressure fluctuation

Considered a Pressure Wave

48
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What is the Doppler Effect?

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Describes change in frequency of a wave from a moving object

Wave frequency decreases as object moves further away and increases when object gets closer d/t stacking of waves

49
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How is the Doppler effect useful clinically?

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Can determine blood flow direction & speed

50
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What is Magnatism?

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Force b/t electric currents where the charges are aligned in orderly fashion and can disrupt and alter the surrounding environment

51
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How does an MRI work?

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  • Strong continuous magnetic field realigns the spin of protons and delivers a radiofrequency pulse to energize the protons
  • Protons will emit this energy
52
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Which MRI Safety Zone poses the greatest risk of Injury?

A

Zone 4 - immediate area around scanner

53
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What are the safety guidelines in Zone 4 of the MRI?

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Ferrous materials must be removed before entering

Special Equipment only

Implanted devices are OK