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on ct scan how do the following tissues appear?
-fat -air -bone -soft tissue |
air is black
fat is dark gray soft tissue is light gray bone is white |
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contrast agents appear _.
white black gray |
white
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CT measures the density of tissues by _ units
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hounsfield
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When viewing a CT scan, you are viewing it as if you are viewing the patient from their _.
head feet laterally medially |
feet
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what is more common...ct with contrast or ct without contrast?
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with-75%
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nuclear medicine images are made by giving the pt a short lived _ material.
-barium -radioactive -gastrograffin |
radioactive
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