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Workbook and Licensure Exam Prep for Radiography Essentials for Limited Practice

  • 4th Edition - December 6, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Bruce W. Long, Eugene D. Frank, Ruth Ann Ehrlich
  • Language: English

Use this workbook to learn and review limited radiography concepts! Corresponding to the chapters in Radiography Essentials for Limited Practice, 4th Edition, this practical study… Read more

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Use this workbook to learn and review limited radiography concepts! Corresponding to the chapters in Radiography Essentials for Limited Practice, 4th Edition, this practical study tool helps you understand and apply the material you need for limited radiography practice. Exercises include multiple-choice, matching, and labeling of diagrams and anatomy. Written by the textbook’s authors, Bruce Long, Eugene Frank, and Ruth Ann Ehrlich, this workbook prepares you to succeed on ARRT exams and as a Limited X-Ray Machine Operator.

Key features

  • Exercises
    •  reinforce your understanding of important topics, including x-ray science and techniques; radiation safety; radiographic anatomy, pathology, and positioning of upper and lower extremities, spine, chest and head; patient care; and ancillary clinical skills.
  • Over 100 labeling exercises for anatomy and radiographic images help you learn anatomy and gain familiarity with how anatomy appears on radiographic images.
  • Section I offers review and practice of limited radiography topics and concepts.
  • Section II provides a review guide for the ARRT exam with guidelines for exam prep, the ARRT content specifications for the Examination for the Limited Scope of Practice in Radiography, plus a mock exam.
  • Section III is a preparation guide for the ARRT Bone Densitometry Equipment Operators Exam and includes study guidelines, ARRT content specifications, and a mock exam.

Table of contents

Section I

1. Role of the Limited X-Ray Machine Operator

2. Introduction to Radiographic Equipment

3. Basic Mathematics

4. Basic Physics of Radiography

5. X-Ray Production

6. X-Ray Circuit and Tube Heat Management

7. Principles of Exposure and Image Quality

8. Digital Image Receptor Systems

9. Scatter Radiation and Its Control

10. Formulating X-Ray Techniques

11. Radiobiology and Radiation Safety

12. Introduction to Anatomy, Positioning, and Pathology

13. Upper Extremity and Shoulder Girdle

14. Lower Extremity and Pelvis

15. Spine

16. Bony Thorax, Chest, and Abdomen

17. Skull, Facial Bones, and Paranasal Sinuses

18. Radiography of Pediatric and Geriatric Patients

19. Film Critique

20. Ethics, Legal Considerations, and Professionalism

21. Safety and Infection Control

22. Assessing Patients and Managing Acute Situations

23. Medications and Their Administration

24. Medical Laboratory Skills

25. Additional Procedures for Assessment and Diagnosis

26. Bone Densitometry
Section II
Preparation Guide for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Examination for the Limited Scope of Practice in Radiography
Section III
Preparation Guide for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Examination for Bone Densitometry Equipment Operators

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 12, 2012
  • Language: English

About the authors

BL

Bruce W. Long

Affiliations and expertise
Director and Associate Professor (Retired), Radiologic Imaging and Sciences Programs, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

EF

Eugene D. Frank

Associate Professor Emeritus Eugene D. Frank works in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor Emeritus, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

RE

Ruth Ann Ehrlich

Ruth Ann Ehrlich was a Senior Instructor in Radiology (Retired), University of Western States, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Instructor in Radiology (Retired), University of Western States, Portland, Oregon, USA