TEST BANK FOR INTRODUCTION TO RADIOLOGIC AND IMAGING SCIENCES AND PATIENT CARE 7TH EDITION BY ADLE (CHAPTERS 1 – 26)

1. The use of X-rays to create a medical image on patients is referred to as a. electrocardiography. b. radiography. c. sonography. d. magnetic resonance imaging. ANS: B Radiography is the making of records, known as radiographs, of internal structures of the body by passage of X-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on, historically, specially sensitized film or, most commonly, on a digital imaging plate or detector. In the diagnostic radiography department, images are created using X-rays that pass through the body. REF: p. 3 2. Particular care must be taken when using radiation for medical imaging. This is the result of radiation’s ability to create in human tissue and possible biochemical changes