What is the importance of shielding in radiology and nuclear medicine departments? List down examples of radioactive machines and sources with their corresponding types of ionizing radiation. Discuss what type of shielding materials are used.

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Q: Illustrate and summarize the three types of ionizing radiation in terms of its characteristics.

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Q: What are the harmful biological effects of radiation and how do we protect ourselve from exposure?

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Q: What are the benefits of using radiation as a medical tool? List three benefits What are the risks…

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Q: Summarize medical applications of radioisotopes

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Q: What is ionizing radiation? radiation that has sufficient amount of energy to remove an electron…

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Q: How does ionizing radiation cause damage to cells of the body?

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Q: 1. In thinking of Harmful and Beneficial Effects of Radiation. It is CORRECT to affirm that: D)…

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Q: 17. Nickel-63 decays by beta decay. Write the equation for this reaction. 18. Meitnerium-276…

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Q: What is spontaneous radiation?

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Q: Write a balanced equation for capture of an electron by cadmium-104

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Q: Which of these is a characteristic of alpha radiation? Alpha radiation is not able to penetrate the…

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