Question

a technologist is attempting to increase the beam intensity and increase the penetrability of the beam. the technologist should: decrease source - to - image distance (sid) increase milliamperes (ma) decrease filtration increase kilovoltage peak (kvp)

Explanation:

In X - ray imaging, increasing the kilovoltage peak (kVp) increases both the beam intensity and the penetrability of the X - ray beam. Decreasing SID affects the sharpness and magnification, increasing mA only increases the number of photons (intensity) but not penetrability much, and decreasing filtration may increase intensity slightly but not the penetrability as effectively as increasing kVp.

Answer:

Increase kilovoltage peak (kVp)