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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Q6: The interaction between x-ray photons and tissue
Q7: An increased part thickness results in:
A) increased
Q8: Interactions of low-energy x-rays (energies below the
Q9: _ results in the process of image
Q10: If scattered photons are absorbed within the
Q12: The probability of total photon absorption by
Q13: Interactions of high-energy x-rays (energies beyond the
Q14: _ is the loss of some of
Q15: When the entering x-ray photon loses energy
Q16: The photoelectric effect involves the removal (ejection)of
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