radiobiology
Sign in to saveRadiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of radiation on living tissue (including ionizing and non-ionizing radiation), in particular health effects of radiation.
Research
21,399 papers- The Radiobiology of Radiopharmaceuticals.Seminars in radiation oncology · 2021
- Radiobiology of Radiosurgery for Neurosurgeons.Neurology India · 2023
- Immune radiobiology.Journal of translational medicine · 2021
- Editorial: New frontiers in radiobiology.Frontiers in public health · 2023
- Radiobiology and radiotherapy of brain metastases.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2017
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19 sectionsContents
- Health effects
- Stochastic
- Deterministic
- By type of radiation
- In pregnancy
- Measurement
- Absorbed, equivalent and effective dose
- Organizations
- Exposure pathways
- External
- By type of medical imaging
- Internal
- History
- Areas of interest
- Radiation sources for experimental radiobiology
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of radiation on living tissue (including ionizing and non-ionizing radiation), in particular health effects of radiation.
Ionizing radiation is generally harmful and potentially lethal to living things but can have health benefits in radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer and thyrotoxicosis. Its most common impact is the induction of cancer with a latent period of years or decades after exposure. High doses can cause visually dramatic radiation burns, and/or rapid fatality through acute radiation syndrome. Controlled doses are used for medical imaging and radiotherapy.