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23529-X Ray Imaging Worksheet

The document is a medical physics worksheet that covers topics related to x-ray imaging and radiation dose. It contains 4 multiple choice questions about digital detectors, the properties of x-rays, and effective radiation doses from common medical imaging scans like chest x-rays and CT scans. Key details assessed include how digital detectors appear in radiographs, advantages over film, how x-rays are produced, their wavelength compared to light, risks of high radiation doses, and calculating equivalent background radiation doses.

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23529-X Ray Imaging Worksheet

The document is a medical physics worksheet that covers topics related to x-ray imaging and radiation dose. It contains 4 multiple choice questions about digital detectors, the properties of x-rays, and effective radiation doses from common medical imaging scans like chest x-rays and CT scans. Key details assessed include how digital detectors appear in radiographs, advantages over film, how x-rays are produced, their wavelength compared to light, risks of high radiation doses, and calculating equivalent background radiation doses.

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Medical Physics

Worksheet

X-ray imaging
The marks available for each question are shown in square brackets at the end of the question

1. The image below is a radiograph produced using a digital detector.

KEY words:
White
Black

(a) Copy and complete the following statement about the digital detector using the key
words above.
Parts of the digital detector that are exposed to X-rays appear __________
and unexposed areas appear _________ [1]

(b) Suggest one advantage of using a digital detector over a photographic film [1]

2. X-rays are electromagnetic waves that have a shorter wavelength than visible light.
(a) Give one other difference between X-rays and light. [1]
(b) Explain how X-rays are produced in vacuum tubes. [1]
(c) Which other part of the electromagnetic spectrum has a shorter wavelength than
visible light? [1]

3 The effective dose can be measured in milli-Serverts (mSv) or expressed as the time
taken to receive the equivalent dose from background radiation. Doses for chest
scans are shown below.

Dose (mSv) Equivalent background radiation dose


Chest radiograph 0.02 3.5 days
Chest CT scan 6.6 3.1 years

(a) Explain why high doses of X-ray radiation can be dangerous. [1]
(b) Despite the higher risks to the patient, why are CT scans sometimes used instead of
radiography? [1]
(c) Name a source of natural background radiation. [1]
(d) A CT scan of the head has an effective dose of 1.4 mSv. Use information from the
table to work out the equivalent background radiation dose for a head CT scan. [2]

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