Calculate the Pitch.  16 slice MDCT using a 5mm slice thickness, with a table feed of 80mm per rotation, and a matrix size of 1024×1024. 

The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts:

Which of the following is a process of applying a filter to an attenuation profile?

Attenuation of a beam of radiation depends on:

The process of converting the data from the attenuation profile to the matrix is known as:

The scanner gantry aperture is a measure of the:

A 29-yr-old woman is taking methotrexate to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Which information from the patient’s health history is important for the nurse to report to the health care provider related to the methotrexate?

When the nurse brings medications to a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, the patient refuses the prescribed methotrexate. The patient tells the nurse, “My arthritis isn’t that bad yet. The side effects of methotrexate are worse than the arthritis.” The most appropriate response by the nurse is

To determine possible causes, the nurse will ask a patient admitted with acute glomerulonephritis about…

Your patient is a construction worker who was run over by a loader on dirt the previous day. He has multiple injuries and open wounds. Vitals; HR 116, BP 102/66, RR 22, SaO2 96% on 4L via NC, temp 38.5 C (101.3 F). Urine output is 30ml/hr. He has a two large bore IVs and is receiving 2 liter bolus of NS. Which term BEST describes his status?