Ionizing radiation

give off small amounts of radiation that can be read by a camera. A computer puts all of these little points of radiation together to make a picture. Radio isotope imaging is used by more than 10,000 hospitals worldwide and has become a valuable tool in the detection of many diseases.…

1.0 INTRODUCTION It is known that radiation can be very harmful to a person’s health. According to Marshall and Keene (2006:1), with the recent expansion of diagnostic and interventional radiology, it has been noted that an alarming dose of radiation can be administered to a patient, in a single scan, without having to repeat a procedure. With the evolution of radiography, interventional radiology has become a norm in the diagnosis protocol and it is therefore important to understand the concept…

of protons. Radioactive decays also are a process which has an unstable atomic nucleus and which causes it to lose energy this because of radiation, for example there three main types of radioactive decay alpha, beta, and gamma particle. If a material has unstable nuclei it would be considered as radioactive. If an atom has emitted an alpha, or beta radiation it nucleus would change and become an nucleus of an different element. This would be because the number of protons in the nucleus would…

and air blast (fifty percent of total energy) and radioactivity [initial radiation and induced radiation] (atomicbombmuseum.org). Of the three the most deadly over time is the radioactivity. The black rain was the product of two hundred different kinds of radioactive isotopes, which rose into the atmosphere, mixed carbon residue and falling as dark water [caused radiation poisoning] (atomicbombmuseum.org). Also, initial radiation damaged exposed living tissue, lethal enough to kill someone on…

let astronauts experience different kind of radiation. These radiation may be some ionized particles as electromagnetic waves traveling with high speed and energy. They could come from nearby stars or even from those that are light-years away. Some of them has higher permeability when they are transmitting in the vacuum. Astronauts’ over exposure to the radiation during the long-term space travel can cause unfavorable effects on health and even…

radioactivity. Within this radiation lab experiment, we put the following hypothesis to the test: If the distance from the source, in centimeters, is increased then the Ionizing Radiation does is expected to decrease because the radiation decreases as it gets farther away from the radiation emitter, due to the loss of energy from the radioactive particles as they move through the air. The hypothesis stated above is accepted because of the overall decrease of radiation as the distance from the…

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a popular machine used to image the human anatomy in multiple cross sectional slices. Unlike Computed Tomography, MRI machines do not use any ionizing radiation to develop these images. However, an extremely strong magnetic field and with radio waves are used instead. While there is no radiation risks associated with MRI, it is important to understand that the large magnetic field may contaminate surrounding metals. When a facility decides to acquire an MRI…

children with cancer. Children are more likely have to severe side effects from radiation than adults because children…

A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero. Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building. I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones all, have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

followed after. Majority of the citizens of developed radiation poisoning due to bomb. Ten thousand had 4th degree burns on their bodies by atomic radiation. There was a fire after the blast that lasted for four days. The smoke from the…