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24. In digital radiography the is simply an image converter. It converts X-radiation into that are digitally rendered as various shades of gray or colors that can be interpreted diagnostically by the radiologist's ocular system. 25. A fundamental difference between radiation exposures from X-ray procedures in terms of the actual sources of radiations used and nuclear medical procedures with gamma ray containing pharmaceuticals is that in gamma ray imaging, radiation originates _ the patient whereas in radiology x-rays originates with respect to the patient. (Short Answer - 5 Points Each) 26. Which mode of radionuclide decay does the following equation represent and describe briefly what the equation indicates is happening? 27. Briefly describe how X-rays are produced using an X-ray tube and what the effect of rectification has on this form of X-ray production

Answer 1

24. scintillator (first blank) converts x-radiation into visible light (second blank).

25. In gamma ray imaging, radiation originates from inside (first blank) the patient as patient is injected with radioactive material. While in x-ray imaging, x-ray originates outside (second blank) with respect to the patient