Radiation Burn

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A radiation burn is damage to the skin or other biological tissue caused by exposure to radio frequency energy or ionizing radiation. The most common type of radiation burn is a sunburn caused by UV radiation. High exposure to X-rays during diagnostic medical imaging or radiotherapy can also result in radiation burns. As the ionizing radiation interacts with cells within the body damaging them the body responds to this damage, typically resulting in erythema that is, redness around the damaged area. Radiation burns are often associated with cancer due to the ability of ionizing radiation to interact with and damage DNA, occasionally inducing a cell to become cancerous. Cavity magnetrons can be improperly used to create surface and internal burning. Depending on the photon energy, gamma radiation can cause very deep gamma burns, with 60Co internal burns common. Beta burns tend to be shallow as beta particles are not able to penetrate deep into the person; these burns can be similar to sunburn.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131232541
• ISBN-10: 6131232547
• Artikelnr.: 30119112