X-ray Interactions with Matter and Image Production

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Across
  1. 3. The primary cause of occupational dose
  2. 6. Produces dynamic imaging with a continuous beam
  3. 10. X-ray photons which pass through the body without interaction
  4. 14. The rows and columns of a digital image
  5. 15. An effect where a photon gives up all its energy to remove an inner shell electron
  6. 16. The picture element of an image
  7. 18. A high energy photon ejects a particle from the nucleus of an atom
  8. 19. Involves production of a positron which undergoes an annihilation reaction with an electron
  9. 20. The visible image
  10. 22. Radiation which leave the patient
Down
  1. 1. A decrease in the number transmitted photons
  2. 2. The compactness of tissue
  3. 4. Occurs when a photon gives up all its energy
  4. 5. A type of low-energy scatter also known as Thomson
  5. 7. The invisible image
  6. 8. Creation of a charged particle after removal of an electron
  7. 9. A benefit of digital imaging over film screen
  8. 11. More dense structure which blocks passage of x-rays
  9. 12. Photons which have lost energy and changed direction
  10. 13. Less dense structure which allows passage of x-rays
  11. 17. Determines the number of shades of gray in an image
  12. 21. An effect of scatter radiation