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					  Lobules					 
					
					 What is the basic structural units of the breast? 
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					  Pencil-Beam System 					 
					
					 In DXA, which system moves in a raster fashion across or along the length of the body? 
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					  Parallel 					 
					
					 For a proximal femur (hip) DXA scan the proximal femur should be what with the tabletop?  
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					  40					 
					
					 What is the age that women should start to undergo annual mammograms? 
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					  20 Percent 					 
					
					 Hip fractures account for what percentage of osteoporotic fractures?  
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					  Pectoralis Major and Serratus Anterior Muscles					 
					
					 What are the muscles that the breast lies over? 
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					  Xeromammography					 
					
					 What was the type of mammography system that was widely used in the 1970's-80's? 
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					  2 weeks					 
					
					 What is the recommended timeframe that a person should refrain from caffeine before a mammography exam?  
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					  Computer-Aided Detection					 
					
					 What is the method where the radiologist can use computer analysis of digitally acquired images as a "second opinion?" 
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					  Array-Beam System 					 
					
					 In DXA, which system is the scanning motion reduced to only one direction, which results in a reduced scan time and allows for supine lumbar spine scans to be performed?  
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					  Augmented Projections					 
					
					 What is the type of projections that are done for patients who have breast implants called? 
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					  Cortical and Trabecular 					 
					
					 In DXA, what are the two basic types of bone? 
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					  Wrist fracture, internal hardware, or severe deformity from arthritis 					 
					
					 The forearm should NOT be scanned with DXA when the patient has a history of? 
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					  Digital Breast Tomosynthesis					 
					
					 What is the three-dimensional imaging technology that acquired images of the stationary compressed breast at multiple angles during a short scan? 
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					  Whole-Body DXA 					 
					
					 What measures bone mass (area, BMC, BMD) and body composition for the total body and sub regions of the body? 
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					  Bone Remodeling Process 					 
					
					 The process in which old bone is constantly replaced with new bone is called?  
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