RAD 100 ASRT videos

• Light


  Has a lower frequency than skin and can go through the body
• Radiation


  Has a higher frequency
• Photons


  What show up on a radiographic image
• Nuclear medicine


  Records the radiation emitted from a patient's body, rather than radiation going into it
• CT scan


  Goes around the body taking images, it can be compared to slices of a loaf of bread
• CT scan


  Delivers a higher dose of radiation than other radiographs
• MRI


  Pulls your hydrogen protons towards its magnetic field, signals are sent to a computer
• MRI images


  Are dark and light due to different tissues producing different signals
• Radiation therapy


  Uses lead lined doors etc.
• Radiation therapy


  Kills cancer by damaging the cells
• Radiation monitoring badges


  Records the amount of radiation you are exposed to
• Time, distance, and shielding


  Is to protect yourself from radiation
• Yearly training to keep up with changes in technology