State 5 use of a x-ray?

Answer 1

1. Medical Uses:

i. Radiography : Radiography is an imaging technique that uses electromagnetic radiation other than visible light, to view the internal structure of a non-uniformly composed and opaque object (i.e. a non-transparent object of varying density and composition) such as the human body.

ii. Computed Tomography: 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.

iii. Fluroscopy: Fluroscopy is an imaging technique commonly used by physician or radiation therapist to obtain real-time moving images of the internal structures of a patient through the use of a fluoroscope.

iv. Radiotherapy: The use of X-rays as a treatment is known as radiation therapy and is largely used for the management of cancer; it requires higher radiation energies than for imaging alone.

2. X-ray crystallography in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of X-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal is recorded and then analysed to reveal the nature of that lattice. A related technique, fiber diffraction, was used by Rosalind Franklin to discover the double helical structure ofDNA.

3. Airport security luggage scanners use X-rays for inspecting the interior of luggage for security threats before loading on aircraft. Border control truck scanners use X-rays for inspecting the interior of trucks.

4. X-ray microscopic analysis, which uses electromagnetic radiation in the soft X-ray band to produce images of very small objects.

5. Industrial radiography uses X-rays for inspection of industrial parts, particularly welds.