Across
- 3. An incoming x-ray photon has__________ energy
- 6. A transmission type that happens when some x-ray photons travel across or thorough a patient without interacting
- 8. Electromagnetic waves that contain full range of frequencies and wavelengths
- 9. interactions that occur within x-ray photon and inner shell electron of an atom
- 12. Components of an atom which are electrically neutral
- 14. As a consequence of a nuclear weapons testing and chemical explosions in nuclear power plants radiation is produced
- 15. does not imply a radiation risk it is used as a means for comparison
- 16. Electric and magnetic fields fluctuate rapidly when they travel through space. This includes radio waves, microwaves, visible light and x-rays
- 17. Extraterrestrial radiation
- 19. Compton scatter results in___________ scatter
- 20. This radiation can be found invariable amounts within the Earth’s crust
- 22. Number of protons that are within the nucleus of an atom
- 23. X-ray photon interacts with a loosely bonded outer shell electron of an atom
- 24. In the process of ___________ scattering, the wavelength of both incident and scatter waves are the same, no net energy has been absorbed by the Adam
- 25. nuclear power plant that exploded in 1986 in the Ukraine
- 27. These are fields that fluctuate rapidly as they travel through space in the form of the wave
- 28. A category of ionizing radiation which includes Alpha and Beta
- 29. Pair production and_____________ do not occur within the range of diagnostic radiology
- 30. Medical radiation exposure is from the use of diagnostic _________
- 31. The positively charged components of an atom
- 32. Acronym used for as low as reasonably achievable
Down
- 1. Natural sources of ionizing radiation that increase because of accidental or because of deliberate human actions such as mining
- 2. Type of ionizing radiation with the energy above 10 eV
- 4. When electromagnetic energy is transferred to be Adam of the patients biological material
- 5. These rays results from nuclear interactions that had taken place in and the sun and other stars
- 7. Radioactive elements that are long-lived and present and variable quantities in the Earth’s crust
- 10. High speed of electrons that are identical except for the fact that they are admitted from the nuclei of radioactive atoms instead of stemming in the atomic shells
- 11. Made up of two protons and two neutrons
- 13. Takes into account the dose of all types of ionizing radiation to radiated organs or tissues within the human body.
- 18. As a result of photoelectric interaction between an x-ray photon And an atom radiation is released
- 21. This type of interaction occurs when energy of an incoming photon is altered into two new particles, a negatron and a positron
- 26. Radiation exposure received by a radiographer while working in the Department performing normal duties