Chapter 26: Digital Fluoroscopy
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Digital fluoroscopy uses at least _____ monitor(s).
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
2. The time it takes to turn on the digital fluoroscopy x-ray tube and reach the selected mA and
kVp is the _____ time.
a. interrogation
b. extinction
c. radiographic
d. acquisition
3. A charge-coupled device used in digital fluoroscopy provides high _____.
a. spatial resolution
b. signal-to-noise ratio
c. detective quantum efficiency
d. all of the above
4. Digital fluoroscopy with a charge-coupled device has lower _____ and higher _____ than
conventional fluoroscopy.
a. light sensitivity, patient dose
b. patient dose, light sensitivity
c. detective quantum efficiency, maintenance
d. signal-to-noise ratio, patient dose
5. A principal advantage of digital fluoroscopy is the _____.
a. dynamic range
b. image acquisition rate
c. image subtraction
d. progressive mode
6. Digital fluoroscopy energy subtraction has less _____ than temporal subtraction.
a. complexity
b. x-ray intensity
c. kVp switching
d. motion artifact
7. Image integration results in _____.
a. increased patient dose
b. decreased patient dose
c. decreased contrast resolution
d. increased noise artifact
8. Energy subtraction technique takes advantage of the difference in _____ during contrast
injection.
a. tissue density
b. K-edge absorption
c. Compton scatter
d. patient thickness
9. Digital fluoroscopy systems with hybrid capabilities use both _____.
a. interlace and progressive modes
b. high mAs and low mass techniques
c. temporal and energy subtraction
d. charge coupled devices and TV monitors
10. Remasking may be required due to _____.
a. noise artifacts
b. motion artifacts
c. technical factors
d. any of the above
11. In mask mode, the _____ image is shown on monitor B, and the _____ image is shown on
monitor A.
a. mask, subtracted
b. subtracted, mask
c. hybrid, mask
d. subtracted, hybrid
12. The combination of temporal and energy subtraction techniques is called _____.
a. interlacing mode subtraction
b. hybrid subtraction
c. dual subtraction
d. superimposition
13. The time-interval delay mode is principally used in _____ imaging.
a. renal angiography
b. barium enema
c. cardiac
d. run-off
14. Digital fluoroscopic dose rate is lower than that for continuous analog fluoroscopy.
a. True
b. False
15. Hybrid imaging can produce the highest-quality digital fluoroscopy images only if _____.
a. remasking is employed
b. energy subtraction is used
c. patient motion is controlled
d. remasking is completed
