1. cheap x-rays adv.
2. easy to do
3. fast results
4. can be done anywhere even in bedside
disavd.
1. radiation
2. has limited detection ability, can't detect small nodes or deeper structures very well
CAT scan - a higher version, uses also xray
adv.
1. better than x-ray, esp. if with contrast
2. non-invasive and good
3. OK for claustrophobics
disavd.
1. may require contrast which should be injected, therefor, can't have it if you have Allergies to iodine (shellfish, etc.)
2. more expensive than xray
3. some radiation
MRI avd.
1. far better than CT scan, esp when it involves smaller structures (can detect tumor as small as 0.5 cm)
2. non-invasive, uses magnetic energy, no radiation
disadv.
1. magnetic, can't do if you have metals inside (pins, prosthesis, pacemakers)
2. you'll be put inside a cylindrical thing, not good for claustrophobics (although they may be sedated prior)
3. Humming sound makes you paranoid or annoyed (you're alone, confined inside a cylinder)
4. more expensive
Nuclear imaging - ex. Positron emission tomography
adv.
1. excellent imaging, precise
2. shows not only structure, but also on how and when these structures will function
disadv.
1. very expensive
2. lots of preparation on patient
3. not all hospitals have it, cause maintenance costs are high.
4. radioactive isotopes poses risks for technicians (but not if they are careful).
advantage is that we can find out if there is a fracture in the bone.
disadvantage is that our body gets exposed to harmful rays and our cells can get mutated . so one should not have his or her x ray taken more than 3 or 4 times
Pros:
Can see broken bones
Useful diagnosis tool
Quick and easy to use
Painless
Can look inside the body without cutting flesh
Cons:
Very expensive - about £4000 to £4500
Can make you ill if you get an x-ray too often
Gamma rays are the highest forms of electromagnetic radiation. They are a type of ionizing radiation, and they can damage tissue. This can lead to radiation sickness or, in sufficient doses, it can kill.
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Gamma Rays are able to kill living cells so it's used as medicine to kill cancerous cells. If there's an overdose though, it could kill you. It is a hazardous radiation so if you're not specialized in it, then DO NOT mess with Gamma Rays because again, too much could kill you.
Advantages of X-Rays :
One advantage of X-rays is that they are cheaper than similar medical procedures.
An advantage to X-rays is that they are easier to use than MRIs or CT scans.
The use of X-rays as a treatment is known as radiation therapy and is largely used for the management (including palliation) of cancer; it requires higher radiation energies than for imaging alone.
Computed tomography (CT scanning) is a medical imaging modality where tomographic images or slices of specific areas of the body are obtained from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken in different directions. These cross-sectional images can be combined into a three-dimensional image of the inside of the body and used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in various medical disciplines.
Disadvantages of X-Rays :
They do not give detailed images of the body.
Radiation exposure is probably the biggest concern patients have with X-rays.
X-rays can cause genetic mutations in both body cells and sex cells.
Biological radiation effects is very destructive to any sort of living tissue and in a person it can cause DNA mutation.
you can see through opaque objects
it gives off radiation
Radioactive radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays, is dangerous and can harm, and even kill living things.
Well , Gamma rays and X rays are both harmful and destructive in nature , but have significant advantages. 1. Gamma rays can destroy cancer cells and can treat cancer patients. 2. X rays can be used to check the human body for fracture , to treat the patient.
Gamma rays are gamma rays are gamma rays.
The answer is gamma rays.
Gamma Rays
Gamma rays are the highest forms of electromagnetic radiation. They are a type of ionizing radiation, and they can damage tissue. This can lead to radiation sickness or, in sufficient doses, it can kill. --------------------------------------------------------------- Gamma Rays are able to kill living cells so it's used as medicine to kill cancerous cells. If there's an overdose though, it could kill you. It is a hazardous radiation so if you're not specialized in it, then DO NOT mess with Gamma Rays because again, too much could kill you.
no gamma rays are the best
Cathode rays generate x-rays and gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have very high penetration power.
advantages: helps cure cancer treatmants and gamma treatment disadvantage: in large doses causes death
gamma rays are Vincent is weird
Cathode rays generate x-rays and gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have very high penetration power.
No, gamma rays are not neutrons. They are electromagnetic rays or electromagnetic energy.