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| ALARA concept of radiation protection that states that all exposures should be kept "as low as reasonabley achievable." |
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| Positive electrode in the x-ray tube |
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| Negative electrode in the x-ray tube. |
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| Differences in degrees of blackness on a radiograph. |
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| Overall darkness or blackness of a radiograph. |
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| Process of making radiographys of the teeth and adjacent structures exposure to radiographs. |
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| Filmless method of capturing an image and displaying it by using an image sensor, and electronic signal, and a computer to process and store image. |
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| Specified quantity of a drug or medicine. |
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| Negatively charged particle in the atom. |
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| Effects of radiation that are passed on to future generations through genetic cells. |
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| Film-based or digitally produced recordings of anatomic images. |
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| Recording medium for an image, normally film or a sensor. |
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| An electrically charged particle. |
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| Radiation that produces ionization, resulting in harmful effects. |
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| Time between exposure of ionizing radiation and appearance of symptoms. |
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| Highest voltage of radiograph tube used during a radiograph tube used during a radiograph exposure. |
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| Blurred or indistinct area that surrounds an image. |
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| Anything that occupies space and has form of shape. |
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| One one-thousandth (1/1000) of an ampere, a unit of measurement used to describe the intensity of an electrical current. |
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| A minute (tiny) bundle of pure energy that has no weight or mass. |
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| The most penetrating beam produced at the target of the anode. |
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| Forms of waves of energy emission through space or material. |
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| Image produced on photosensitive film by exposing the film to radiation and then processing it. |
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| The science or study of radiation as used in medicine. |
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| Effects of radiation that cause illness and are responsible for poor health (such as cancer, leukemia, and cataracts) but are not passed on to offspring. |
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| A focal spot in the anode. |
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| High-energy ionizing electromagnetic radiation. |
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