x ray unit

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x ray unit settings: milliampere (mA) 2

This entry was posted in Radiation Physics and tagged mA radiation physics x ray x ray unit on September 28, 2011 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This week will be covering the milliampere or mA setting on an x ray unit.  Changing the mA affects the QUANTITY of x rays produced.  Some units have a fixed mA (typically in the range of 7 – 12) and some are changeable (from 5 – 15).  For those units […]

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x ray unit settings: kilovoltage peak (kVp) 15

This entry was posted in Radiation Physics and tagged gray scale kVp radiation physics radiograph x ray x ray unit on September 21, 2011 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This is the beginning of a 4 week series going over the settings on a x ray unit and how they affect image quality.  The first topic I am going to cover is kilovoltage peak or kVp.  Changing the kVp on a unit is directly associated with the overall contrast […]

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