Question

a technologist is attempting to increase the x - ray beam intensity without modifying the overall energy of the x - ray beam. the technologist should:
increase source - to - image distance (sid)
increase milliamperage (ma)
increase kilovoltage peak (kvp)
increase filtration

Explanation:

The intensity of an x - ray beam is related to the number of x - ray photons. Milliamperage (mA) controls the number of electrons striking the target in the x - ray tube, which in turn affects the number of x - ray photons produced. Increasing mA increases the number of x - ray photons without changing the energy of individual photons (i.e., without modifying the overall energy of the x - ray beam). Increasing SID would decrease the beam intensity due to the inverse - square law. Increasing kVp would increase the energy of individual photons and thus the overall energy of the beam. Increasing filtration would remove low - energy photons and not increase the intensity.

Answer:

Increase milliamperage (mA)