COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN

Questions and Answers

1. A CT imaging system produces which type of image?

a. Axial
b. Biaxial
c. Fulcrum plane
d. Longitudinal
e. Transverse

2. In its simplest configuration, the CT imaging system consists of an x-ray source and
which of the following?

a. A detector
b. A selenium plate
c. A video display terminal
d. An image intensifier
e. An x-ray beam collimator

3. Which of the following is characteristic of first-generation CT imaging systems?

a. A pencil x-ray beam
b. A selenium or film image receptor
c. Multiple sources and multiple detectors
d. Rotate-only geometry
e. Slip rings

4. Third-generation CT imaging systems have which of the following?

a. Multiple-detector, area-beam geometry
b. Rotate-rotate geometry
c. Rotate-translate geometry
d. Single-detector, fan-beam geometry
e. Translate-translate geometry

5. Fourth-generation CT imaging systems:

a. Are faster than third-generation CT imaging systems
b. Have rotate-rotate geometry
c. Incorporate area-beam geometry
d. May use selenium or film as the image receptor
e. Require prepatient collimation



6. Noise on a CT image can be reduced by:

a. Increasing kVp
b. Increasing mAs
c. Increasing matrix size
d. Reducing image time
e. Reducing pixel size

7. The translate-rotate mode:

a. Collects data only during the rotate portion
b. Describes both first- and second-generation CT imaging systems
c. Requires higher heat capacity x-ray tubes
d. Requires only solid-state detectors
e. Results in imaging times as short as 1 s

8. Slice thickness can also be expressed as which of the following?

a. Dose profile
b. Low-contrast profile
c. Resolution profile
d. Sensitivity profile
e. Spatial profile

9. The thickness of section in CT depends primarily on:

a. kVp
b. mAs
c. Matrix size
d. Predetector collimation
e. Prepatient collimation

10. Streak artifacts on a CT image are usually due to:

a. Beam hardening
b. Bone/soft tissue interface
c. Bowel gas
d. Detector imbalance
e. Metal clips







11. A 120 x 120 matrix will consist of how many pixels?

a. 120
b. 240
c. 625
d. 14, 400
e. 65, 636

12. A CT image is made with a 5 mm slice thickness and a 0.5 mm pixel size. What is
the size of the voxel?

a. 0.75 mm
3

b. 1.00 mm
3

c. 1.25 mm
3
d. 1.5 mm
3

e. 25 mm
3


13. Which of the following Hounsfield unit (HU) values most closely represent the value
for blood?

a. -80 HU
b. -40 HU
c. -2 HU
d. 20 HU
e. 100 HU

14. Which of the following is characteristic of a CT image but not of a conventional
radiograph?

a. Anatomic structures are superimposed.
b. Better contrast resolution is obtained.
c. Better spatial resolution is obtained.
d. More scatter radiation reaches the image receptor.
e. Overlying and underlying tissues are blurred.

15. An image matrix contains which of the following?

a. Algorithms
b. Equations of information
c. Picture elements
d. Silver halide information units
e. Slice sensitivity 1.00




16. A Hounsfield unit:

a. Has a value from -100 to +100
b. Has a value from -500 to +500
c. Is the numeral value of a pixel
d. Is the numeral value of anode heat generated
e. Is the volume of a voxel expressed in mm
3


17. Spatial resolution refers to which of the following?

a. The ability to classify large low-contrast objects
b. The ability to identify small high-contrast objects
c. The ability to identify tissues of varying composition
d. The binary number system
e. The constancy of the imaging system over time

18. Partial volume artifacts are more likely with:

a. Higher kVp
b. Higher mA
c. Larger pixel size
d. Thicker slices
e. Thinner slices

19. During CT imaging, beam hardening artifacts:

a. Are due to the polyenergetic beam
b. Can be corrected by preprocessing
c. Produce CT numbers higher in the periphery
d. Result in brighter pixels in the center of the patient
e. Result in higher attenuation in the center of the patient

20. Spatial resolution in CT imaging depends principally on:

a. Focal spot size
b. kVp
c. Pixel size
d. Postpatient collimation
e. Slice thickness

Prepared by:
Combas, Rolando G.