Quiz – Fluoroscopy Safety & User Training

An effective way to protect ourselves from radiation is to use

True or False. Larger patients will require more radiation to create an adequate image.

Putting your hands in the primary X-Ray beam can result in ___________ the radiation dose compared to the scatter radiation dose.

The presence of an air gap between the patient and the image intensifier indicates

The operator receives the MOST radiation when standing

ALARA is an acronym that stands for

Which of these is NOT an acute radiation effect

The majority of the operators radiation dose come from _____________.

Fluoroscopy is an imaging mode that allows us to see

Tube current (mA) determines

Using magnification enlarges the anatomy, ______________.

When should you record the fluoroscopy time for a given patient?