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The Journey Of Energy : A Diagnostic Image

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The Journey of Energy to Achieve a Diagnostic Image “Breath normally and stay still” Is what a radiographer would say to Mrs. Watt before exiting the room to take an exposure of a left PA hand. The .3 seconds that takes to capture the image on the IR is just one of the nine steps to produce a quality diagnostic image. The energy needed to heat the tungsten filament is traced back to lower granite dam in Washington where the energy is stored in Bonneville power and bought by Avista. The power then streams across the snake river to Sacajawea hall into a wall outlet. The x-ray tube housing unit is plugged into the wall outlet and inside the x-ray tube, the rotor produces the x-rays which expose the anatomic part onto the IR. The nine steps that are required to produce an acceptable and high-quality diagnostic image, starts at lower granite dam and ends with a manifest image that helps radiologists determine the outcome of the patient.
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Lower Granite Dam In the area of Mayview Washington, just 47 miles away from Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) is where lower granite dam is located. The dam generates around 4,000 megawatts which in turns to about 4 million kilowatts to the Federal Columbia River Power System (US ARMY, 2003). Although X-rays are measured by kilovoltage, the potential difference, and kilowatts, the measure of power are the same. To use just 1% of the 4 million kilowatts generated by the lower granite dam power system an x-ray tech could take over 650

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