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Radiographic Technique

The document outlines the key factors influencing the quantity and quality of x-rays in radiographic techniques, emphasizing the importance of settings like kVp, mA, exposure time, and distance. It details how these factors affect x-ray production and patient exposure, as well as the roles of focal spot size and filtration in imaging. Additionally, it discusses the use of falling-load generators and compensating filters to optimize image quality and exposure uniformity.

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Radiographic Technique

The document outlines the key factors influencing the quantity and quality of x-rays in radiographic techniques, emphasizing the importance of settings like kVp, mA, exposure time, and distance. It details how these factors affect x-ray production and patient exposure, as well as the roles of focal spot size and filtration in imaging. Additionally, it discusses the use of falling-load generators and compensating filters to optimize image quality and exposure uniformity.

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RADIOGRAPHIC

TECHNIQUE
• The combination of settings selected on the control
panel
• Purpose: to produce a high-quality image
• Factors that influence & determine
the quantity & quality of x-rays to
which the patient is exposed
Exposure • Four Prime Factors: kVp, mA,
exposure time & SID
Factors • Secondary Factors: focal-spot size,
distance & filtration
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE X-RAY
QUANTITY & QUALITY
WILL RESULT IN

An increase in X-ray Quantity X-ray Quality


kVp Increase Increase
mA Increase No change
Exposure time Increase No change
Milliampere-seco
nd Increase No change
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE X-RAY
QUANTITY & QUALITY
WILL RESULT IN
Distance Decrease No change
Voltage ripple Decrease Decrease
Filtration Decrease Increase
kVp

• The primary control of x-ray beam


quality
• Function:
• Controls radiographic contrast
• Influences beam quantity
• Determines the average OD
mA

• It determines the number of x-rays produced


• Higher mA:
• More electrons produced
• Higher x-ray quantity
• Higher patient dose
• No change in x-ray quality
Exposure Time

• Kept as short as possible (ALARA)


• Decreased Exposure Time: mA must be increase
• mAs: milliamperes (mA) x exposure time (s)
• Function: to control OD
• It principally controls radiation quantity
• Doubled mAs: doubles x-ray quantity
Equivalent Exposures of Equal mAs
Formula:
Falling-Load Generator

•Design in which exposure factors are adjusted


automatically to the highest mA at the shortest
exposure time allowed by high-voltage generator
Distance

•It determines the intensity of the x-ray beam at the


image receptor
•Tabletop Radiography: 100 cm (40 in)
•Chest Radiography: 180 cm (72 in)
• mAs versus SID
Direct Square • Formula:
Law
IMAGING SYSTEM
CHARACTERISTICS
•FOCAL SPOT SIZE ( LARGE OR SMALL)
•FILTRATION

+
•Large Focal Spot:
•For imaging thick/dense body parts
•More x-rays are produced
•Higher anode heat capacity
•It provides for a shorter exposure time
•Small Focal Spot:
•For imaging thin body parts
•For fine-detail & extremity radiography
•Always used for magnification
radiography
FILTRATION

INHERENT

ADDED

COMPENSATING
•Inherent Filtration
•Permanently installed
components of an x-ray
tube housing assembly &
the glass window
•Equivalent: 0.5 mm Al
• Added Filtration
• Equivalent: 2.0 mm Al
• Variable-Aperture Light-Localizing Collimator
• Equivalent: 1.0 mm Al
• Due to the reflective surface of the mirror
• Between X-ray Tube Housing & Collimator
• Equivalent: 1.0 mm Al
• Increased Added Filtration:
• Increased x-ray beam quality
• Increased x-ray beam penetrability
•Total Filtration
•Inherent Filtration + Added Filtration
•Equivalent: 2.5 mm Al
•Compensating Filter
• Material inserted between an x-ray tube & a patient
• Purposes:
• To deliver a more uniform exposure to the image receptor
• To make the remnant beam more uniform in intensity

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