CT Protocols Quiz

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CT Protocols

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The __________________ takes blood from the heart to the lungs.
a. superior vena cava
b. inferior vena cava
c. pulmonary vein
d. pulmonary artery


____ 2. The mitral valve separates:
a. the righ atrium from the left atrium

b. the right atrium from the right ventricle

c. the left atrium from the left ventricle

d. the left atrium form the pulmonary vein

____ 3. The coronary arteries are branches of the:
a. Aorta
b. Pulmonary Veins
c. Pulmonary Arteries
d. Superior Vena Cava


____ 4. If contrast is injected into the basilic vein, which chamber of the heart will it get to last?
a. Left ventricle

b. Right ventricle

c. Left Atrium

d. Right Atrium

____ 5. The electrical impulses that gives the heart its rhythm originate in the:
a. atrioventricular node
b. sinoatrial node
c. septoatrial node
d. sinoventricular node


____ 6. Classic Angiography has a spatial resolution in the range of:
a. 0.1-0.15 mm

b. 0.2-0.25 mm

c. 0.35-0.4 mm

d. 0.5 to 0.6 mm

 

7. The Cardiac CT scan image above was taken at the level of the bifurcation of the main pulmonary artery (MPA) into right pulmonary artery (RPA) and left pulmonary artery (LPA). The structures (AAo) and (DAo), seen as two contrast filled circles anteriorly and posteriorly are the _____________________________and the ________________________. Two oval-shaped radioluscent structures (1 and 2) seen between the LPA and RPA are the _________________________ filled with air.

8. Based on the cross-sectional image of the heart, was this slice taken above (superior) or below the level of the carina.

9. Based on the Fishman video “Cardiac CT: State of the Heart in 2009” where he discusses two main directions in which Cardiac CT is heading (about 2:40 in the video). What are the two main directions, which companies are doing what, which direction does he prefer and why? (5 points)

10. List and describe three procedures that are routinely performed with MDCT (5 points) (Make sure to describe them well enough to convince me that you know what they are).