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A procedure that uses positrons to detect many different medical disorders
What is a PET scan?
Worn by workers to monitor radiation exposure
What is a TLD badge
Uses a gas-filled metal tube to detect and measure radiation
What is a Geiger counter?
This type of radiation easily penetrates human tissue
What is Gamma rays
Contains phosphors that detect radiation
What is a Scintillation counter?
A material that gives off light when struck by radiation
Phosphor
Damage caused by radiation that affects a person, but not their offspring
What is Somatic damage
A unit used to measure the amount of damage done to a body
what is rem?
A method used to detect very small amounts of an element in a sample
neutron activation analysis
Radiation damage that can affect chromosomes and offspring
What is Genetic damage?
The annual amount ofThe annual amount of radiation to which a person is normally exposed radiation to which a person is normally exposed
100-300 mrem
A radioisotope used to indicate the presence of an element in a sample
radiotracer
A unit used to measure the amount of radiation absorbed by a body
what is rad?
Radiation energetic enough to break apart atoms
What is ionizing radiation?
Used to detect disorders of the thyroid gland
What is Iodine-131?