Essentials - 8

What size patient is the Q.ref defining the dose for?

• Above 20kgs

• Anyone that isn't a child

• Above 5 years old

• 70-80kgs

Care Child uses a different Q.ref point of 20kg / 5 years of age

• True

• False

How should you adapt the dose of a protocol for a larger patient?

• Dose Curves (After the ideal Q.ref has been found)

• Increase the Q.ref on a per-patient basis

• Increase the kV

• Turn off CareDose

Tin filter is a recon parameter

• True

• False

A Sn Filter will reduce the dose to the patient for:

• Low Contrast Imaging

• All Imaging

• No, it will increase the dose

• High Contrast Imaging

Sn filter is ideal for Angiography

• True

• False