plumiImaging comparisons: AQA A‑Level Physics questions
AQA A-Level Physics past-paper questions on 3.10.6.6 Imaging comparisons, 2008–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 6 questions on Imaging comparisons, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q02.3 (6 marks): Information about heart function can be obtained from a multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan or from a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) scan. Heart specialists
- November 2021, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q02 (4 marks): Figure 2 shows scanned images of three different human heads. Each image used one of the following scanning techniques: • magnetic resonance (MR) • CT • ultraso
- June 2017, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q02.2 (2 marks): The blood vessel called the aorta passes through the abdomen. A second patient with a suspected fault in the wall of the aorta can be given an ultrasound scan o
- Specimen, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q03 (6 marks): Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and ultrasound scans are both used in medica diagnosis. Compare the quality of the information obtained from these scans in t
- June 2014, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q5(b) (2 marks): Ultrasound is thought to be more suitable than X-rays for scanning an unborn fetus. State two reasons why ultrasound is used for this application. [2 marks] rea
- June 2010, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q4(b) (4 marks): State and explain two advantages of using an MR scanner to scan a patient’s brain compared with a CT scanner.
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