Technology and Patient Care

Technology and Patient Care

Technologies

X-Ray

X-ray is a type of electromagnetic radiation, with a wavelength ranging from 0.01 to 10 nanometres. The wavelength of X-rays is smaller than that of ultra violet rays and is greater than the gamma rays. X-ray is called Rontgen radiation, after its pioneer, Wilhelm Rontgen, who called it as X-radiation to indicate an unknown type of radiation (Beutel et. al., 2000).

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Radiation Therapy

Radiotherapy or radiation oncology is the use of ionizing radiation in the field of medical science. Primarily, this type of technology used to the treatment of cancer as it kills the ...