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kwoodring

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A gas filled chamber that serves as a field survey instrument with an audible sound system to detect the presence of radiation is:
 
 pocket dosimeter
  cutie pie
  TLD device
  Geiger Muller

Question 2

What imaging should be implemented to differentiate a lesion in the lung or a rib?
 
 AP chest
  a decubitus
  inspiration and expiration PA chest
  PA and lateral chest



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Answer to Question 1

Geiger Muller

Rationale: The Geiger Muller detector is commonly used in nuclear medicine to detect radioactivity. The audible speaker alerts to the presence of radioactivity.

Answer to Question 2

inspiration and expiration PA chest

Rationale: In efforts to change the position of a suspicious lesion to determine if it is present in the lung tissue or a rib, comparative PA chest images are taken: one on full inspiration and a second on full expiration.



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