ADA NBDHE Dental Hygienist

Category - Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services

What can Compton scatter do to X-ray film?
  1. Film fog
  2. Film scatter
  3. Film circles
  4. Film ghosts
Explanation
Answer: A - Compton scatter can produce film fog on X-ray film. This happens when X-radiation exits the patient’s tissues and contacts the film. The photons’ direction of travel changes and the photon loses energy.
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