When the x-ray photon strikes an atom within the tissue being imaged and loses all of its energy to an inner shell electron of that atom, the photon is said to have been _____ and undergone the _____.
A) Transmitted, Compton effect
B) Absorbed, photoelectric interaction
C) Attenuated, Compton effect
D) Scattered, coherent interaction
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Q1: _ results in the process of image
Q2: The interaction between x-ray photons and tissue
Q3: Interactions of low energy x-rays (energies below
Q4: The x-ray photon that is scattered as
Q5: When the x-ray photon travels completely through
Q7: The outer shell electron that is ejected
Q8: The photoelectric effect involves the removal (ejection)of
Q9: Interactions of high energy x-rays (energies beyond
Q10: Remnant radiation will be reduced by one
Q11: Muscle tissue absorbs more radiation than fat
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