Author Question: The lead equivalency requirement for a lead apron worn by the technologist is: 0.35 mm 0.25 mm ... (Read 123 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

The lead equivalency requirement for a lead apron worn by the technologist is:

0.35 mm
0.25 mm
0.50 mm
0.75 mm

Question 2

Statistical fluctuation in the quantity of photons that contribute to image formation is:

quantum mottle
spatial resolution
halo effect
phantom image

tennis14576 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

0.50 mm

Rationale: The lead equivalency recommended for the lead apron worn by the technologist is 0.50 mm.

Answer to Question 2

quantum mottle

Rationale: Quantum mottle or image noise results from the statistical fluctuations in the quantity of photons contributing to the image formation per square millimeter. The resultant image will appear mottled or pixelated.