Examples of ionizing radiation in the following topics:
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- Up to 10 percent of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure, including both ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation.
- Up to 10 percent of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure, including both ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation.
- Additionally, the vast majority of non-invasive cancers are non-melanoma skin cancers caused by non-ionizing ultraviolet radiation.
- Exposure to ionizing radiation is known to increase the future incidence of cancer, particularly leukemia.
- The most widely accepted model posits that the incidence of cancer due to ionizing radiation increases linearly with effective radiation dose at a rate of 5.5 percent per sievert.
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- Ionizing radiation from fallout can cause genetic effects, birth defects, cancer, cataracts, and other organ and tissue defects.
- Intermediate stage: from 10–12 weeks; deaths in this period are from ionizing radiation in the median lethal range.
- Ionizing radiation from fallout can cause genetic effects, birth defects, cancer, cataracts, and other organ and tissue defects.
- By directly or indirectly ionizing, radiation can affect a cell's ability to conduct repair and reproduction.
- Recognize the name of the genetic defect that has been shown to be caused by acute radiation exposure during pregnancy
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- Radiation dosimetry is the measurement and calculation of the absorbed dose from exposure to indirect and direct ionizing radiation.
- Radiation dosimetry is the measurement and calculation of the absorbed dose in matter and tissue resulting from exposure to indirect and direct ionizing radiation.
- It is a scientific subspecialty in the fields of health physics and medical physics that is focused on the calculation of internal and external doses from ionizing radiation.
- Radiation dose refers to the amount of energy deposited in matter and/or biological effects of radiation.
- There are several ways of measuring doses from ionizing radiation, including personal dosimeters and ionization chambers.
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- The drawback of UV radiation is that it damages some plastics, such as polystyrene foam, if they are exposed for prolonged periods of time.
- Ionizing radiation could be a lethal health hazard if used inappropriately.
- The gamma radiation is emitted from a radioisotope (usually cobalt-60 or cesium-137).
- Facilities rely on substantial concrete shields to protect workers and the environment from radiation exposure.
- High-energy X-rays are a form of ionizing energy allowing to irradiate large packages and pallet loads of medical devices.
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- Ionizing radiation is generally harmful, even potentially lethal, to living organisms.
- Ionizing radiation is generally harmful, even potentially lethal, to living organisms.
- Some effects of ionizing radiation on human health are stochastic, meaning that their probability of occurrence increases with dose, while the severity is independent of dose.
- Quantitative data on the effects of ionizing radiation on human health are relatively limited compared to other medical conditions because of the low number of cases to date and because of the stochastic nature of some of the effects.
- Two pathways of exposure to ionizing radiation exist.
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- Acute radiation syndrome or damage describes health effects present within 24 hours of exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation.
- Acute radiation syndrome, also known as radiation poisoning, radiation sickness, or radiation toxicity, is a constellation of health effects that are present within 24 hours of exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation, which can last for several months.
- Radiation sickness is caused by exposure to a large dose of ionizing radiation over a short period of time, typically greater than about 0.1 Gy/h.
- The onset and type of symptoms depends on the radiation exposure.
- These diseases are sometimes referred to as radiation sickness, but they are never included in the term acute radiation syndrome.
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- Radiation therapy uses ionizing radiation to treat conditions such as hyperthyroidism, cancer, and blood disorders.
- Radiation therapy involves the application of ionizing radiation to treat conditions such as hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, and blood disorders.
- Ionizing radiation works by damaging the DNA of exposed tissue, leading to cellular death.
- Radiation therapy is in itself painless.
- Radiation therapy of the pelvis.
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- Radiation therapy uses ionizing radiation to treat conditions such as hyperthyroidism, cancer, and blood disorders.
- Radiation therapy involves the application of ionizing radiation to treat conditions such as hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, and blood disorders.
- Ionizing radiation works by damaging the DNA of exposed tissue, leading to cellular death.
- Radiation therapy is in itself painless.
- Radiation therapy of the pelvis.
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- Radiation dosimetry is the measurement and calculation of the absorbed dose resulting from the exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Radiation dosimetry is the measurement and calculation of the absorbed dose in matter and tissue resulting from the exposure to indirect and direct ionizing radiation.
- There are several ways of measuring the dose of ionizing radiation.
- Outside the United States, the most widely used type of personal dosimeter is the film badge dosimeter, which uses photographic emulsions that are sensitive to ionizing radiation.
- This ionization chamber was used in the South Atlantic Anomaly Probe project.
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- A radiation detector is a device used to detect, track, or identify high-energy particles.
- A radiation detector is a device used to detect, track, or identify high-energy particles, such as those produced by nuclear decay, cosmic radiation, and reactions in a particle accelerator.
- Different types of radiation detectors exist ; gaseous ionization detectors, semiconductor detectors, and scintillation detectors are the most common.
- Gaseous ionization detectors use the ionizing effect of radiation upon gas-filled sensors.
- A scintillation detector is created by coupling a scintillator -- a material that exhibits luminescence when excited by ionizing radiation -- to an electronic light sensor, such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) or a photodiode.