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    APPLICATION OF RADIATION

    a.    Medicine

    X rays are widely used for diagnostic purposes in these fields. Examples might include
    the observation of the broken bones and detection of cancer with the use of other
    radiologic science machines to supplement the diagnosis and therapeutic approaches.
    Since x rays can be produced with energies sufficient to ionize the atoms making up
    human tissue, it is not surprising that x rays can be used to kill these cells this is the
    principles that governs the application of radiation in medicine for treatment. This is just
    what is done in some types of cancer therapy in which the radiation is directed against
    the malignancy in the hope of destroying it while doing minimal damage to nearby
    normal tissue. Unfortunately, too much exposure of normal tissue to x rays can cause
    the development of cancer. For this reason, great care is taken when taking x rays of any
    type to be sure that the exposure to the rest of the body is kept at an absolute
    minimum.

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