When the X-Ray Photon Strikes an Atom Within the Tissue

question 40

Multiple Choice

When the x-ray photon strikes an atom within the tissue being imaged and loses only part of its energy to an outer shell electron of that atom, the photon is said to have been _____ and undergone the _____.

• A) Transmitted, coherent effect
• B) Absorbed, photoelectric interaction
• C) Attenuated, photoelectric interaction
• D) Scattered, Compton interaction

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