Ionizing Radiation
X-Ray Interactions
Biology
Units of Measure
More Rad Bio
100
These are sources of ionizing.
What is Natural and Man-Made Radiation are sources of Ionizing Radiation?
100
Coherent, Compton, Photoelectric, Pair production, and Photodisintegration
What are the five types of x-ray interactions with matter.
100
NVD, and reduction of WBC
What are the clinical signs and symptoms of the prodromal stage of the acute radiation syndrome?
100
LD 50/60 amount of radiation
What is 1 - 10 Gray?
100
A dose of 50 Gy given to a patient in 10 doses of 5 Gy is administered in this manner
What is a fractionated dose?
200
This source of ionizing radiation makes up approximately 18% of the general populations exposure to ionizing radiation?
What is Man-Made Radiation?
200
Coherent, Compton, and Photoelectric
What are interactions which fall within the diagnostic range.
200
Most current estimates of radiation skin exposure is made with this type of dosimeter.
What is a TLD?
200
Amount of radiation for death from the CNS syndrome
What is over 30 Gray a?
200
3; 1
What is LET and RBE of diagnostic x-rays?
300
The highest source of ionizing radiation exposure for the general public.
What are medical and dental x-ray?
300
Compton and Photoelectric
What are interaction that are of greatest value to diagnostic x-ray.
300
Life span shortening is an expample
What is a long term effect of radiation exposure>
300
chart that displays the amount of radiation doses versus survival time
What is the mean survival time graph?
300
the principal radiation interactions within the human body are assumed to by this type of effect
What is indirect effects?
400
Occurs spontaneously in nature.
What is natural or background radiation?
400
The interaction which produces the greatest hazard to the patient.
What is photoelectric effect?
400
amount of radiation that would cause death as a result of hematologic damage
What is 2-10 Gray a
400
lymphoid tissue begins to atrophy this amount of radiation
What is 2 Gy?
400
can occur from an indirect or direct radiation exposure
What is an irradiation hit?
500
A form of natural terrestrial ionizing radiation.
What is radium?
500
The interaction which constitutes the greatest hazard to the technologist.
What is Compton Scatter?
500
time between initial radiation and the occurence of any biological change
What is the latent period?
500
the type of tissue that is the most abundant in the average human body
What is muscle?
500
A target molecule that is _______________ will always cause cell death
What is inactivated?