Across
- 2. Overall radiation hitting the detector
- 5. Unwanted deflection of X-ray photons
- 8. Type of X-ray formed when an inner-shell electron is knocked out
- 10. Determines the energy and penetration ability of X-rays
- 13. Grainy interference that degrades digital image clarity
- 14. Abbreviation for value showing how close an image is to ideal exposure (abbr.)
- 16. Controls the current in the X-ray tube, affecting quantity of X-rays
- 18. The sharpness or detail of an image
- 19. Interaction where X-ray energy is fully taken up by tissue
- 20. Distance from X-ray tube to the image receptor (abbr.)
Down
- 1. "Braking radiation" produced when electrons decelerate near a nucleus
- 3. Type of scatter interaction with outer-shell electrons
- 4. Appears white on an X-ray image
- 6. Reduction of X-ray intensity as it passes through matter
- 7. Appears dark or black on an X-ray image
- 9. Difference in density or brightness between adjacent areas on an image
- 11. Distance between the patient and the detector (abbr.)
- 12. Type of electron emission caused by heating a filament
- 15. Abbreviation for peak voltage applied across the X-ray tube (abbr.)
- 16. Product of tube current and exposure time; determines total X-ray output (abbr.)
- 17. Abbreviation for a digital imaging value that indicates detector exposure (abbr.)