Ionizing radiation

digital geometry processing to generate a 3-dimensional (3D) image of specific areas of structures inside a human’s body. CT- Scan is used to assist a diagnosis and early detection of disease. It is a non-invasive and painless procedure. It uses ionizing radiation. The cost of CT scan is high and there are money related incentives for the physician to order the scans. Thus there is a social issue whether there are cost related distortion in CT scan decision making? Are CT scans ordered purely…

Three imaging modalities commonly used in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta patients include: diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic x-ray, and bone densitometry. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease affecting the quantity and structure of collagen that is normally found in connective tissues, bones, and the sclera, or white portion of eyes. It is estimated that this condition affects 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 births (Antoniazzi, Mottes,…

nuclear processes, and properties. In order to build a nuclear process, radioactive elements are combined with nuclear reactors. In order to identify which chemicals should be used for medical purpose, it is important to study the absorption and radiation of certain chemicals in living organisms. Nuclear chemistry is a vastly growing aspect of medicine and it is important to study the chemistry behind it in order understand its significance…

Diets , lifestyle, viral infections, exposure to radiation or chemicals, and inherited genes are all thought to play a part in cancer development, but without more careful study no one will know for sure. There is quite a difference when it comes to most common and deadly cancer based on the geographical…

Cell Phones Beware Since the dawn of time human’s main objective is to communicate with anyone or thing. This has led to the starts of many things for example God made Eve so Adam could communicate with someone like him thus the starting of the human race. Over the years humans have invented many things to communicate with people living faraway, for example one invention still being used today the telephone which believe it or not was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone…

Extreme frostbite and ionizing radiation were the most common injuries, and often went untreated. Some soldiers even suffered from PTSD after coming home from combat. Imagine how these audacious young men felt. Going to a brand new country, and besides fellow soldier, foreign people…

Studies show that The Soviet authorities started the concrete sarcophagus to cover the destroyed Chernobyl reactor in May 1986 and completed the extremely challenging job six months later. Officials considered the sarcophagus a temporary fix to filter radiation out of the gases from the destroyed reactor before the gas was released to the environment. (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2014). Officials also chopped and buried about a mile of pine forest near the plant in order to…

Brain cancer Brain cancer is a form of cancer that takes place in the brain of the patient but can affect all functionality of the rest of the body. Common symptoms that could possibly indicate brain cancer are seizures, sleepiness, confusion and behavioral changes. Brain tumors are generally believed to be brain cancer, but that is not always the case. Some brain tumors can be cancerous, but others are not considered malignant, or cancerous. Malignant tumors are dangerous due to the fact…

Are mobile phones a blessing or curse? This is one of the questions most people ask when it comes to the use of technological devices. Mobile phones are one of the technological devices that have brought a lot of changes since the twentieth century when it was first introduced. Despite many concerns arising from the use of mobile phones, they continue to improve our lives each passing day. Before hand held devices such as mobile devices, landlines were used as means of communication. These…

resonance imaging uses non-aggressive magnetic imaging technology to produce a three dimensional image of a bodily part. This is similar yet different to the use of x-ray imaging for similar purposes, however, MRI has no trace of the damaging ionizing radiation given off during the use of x-rays and CT scans. MRI is generally used for inspection and detection in the muscles, ligaments and soft tissue through the human body and can be used to monitor treatments, diagnosis of a patient and to…