When the x-ray photon strikes an atom within the tissue being imaged and loses only part of its energy to an outer shell electron of that atom,the photon is said to have been _____ and undergone the _____.
A) transmitted; coherent effect
B) absorbed; photoelectric interaction
C) attenuated; photoelectric interaction
D) scattered; Compton interaction
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Q1: When the x-ray photon travels completely through
Q2: The amount of x-ray beam attenuation is
Q3: The device that receives the radiation leaving
Q5: The outer shell electron that is ejected
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
Q11: When the x-ray photon strikes an atom
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