ETA Biomedical Imaging Equipment Technician (BIET) exam help guide

ETA Biomedical Imaging Equipment Technician (BIET) is an ETA International certification for technicians working with biomedical imaging procedures and technology. ETA describes BIET candidates as needing familiarity with anatomy, medical terminology, computers, electro/mechanical safety, Picture Archive Communication System (PACS), diagnostic ultrasound equipment, building wiring, basic radiographic equipment, film processing, test equipment, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, codes and regulations, troubleshooting, radiation safety, radiation physics, and linear accelerators.

ETA Press lists BIET as a Journeyman or Stand-Alone certification with maintenance required, a 4-year term, no hands-on requirement, 100 questions, a 75% passing score, and 2 hours allowed to test. ETA also notes that a Standalone BIET holder who later completes Associate CET (CETa) may be eligible to upgrade to Journeyman CET with two or more years of combined work and electronics training. Preparation should cover imaging and tomography, ultrasound technology, medical electromechanical safety, electrical systems, facility machine environment, test equipment measurements, dosimeters, DMMs, oscilloscopes, ion chambers, MRI magnets and gradients, CT gantry/tube/detector/generator concepts, nuclear medicine, radiation safety, radiation physics, codes, regulations, and troubleshooting workflow.