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1. No appreciable mass
2. No charge
3. Travels at speed of light, even after a collision
4. Can penetrate most matter
5. Scatter upon collision with matter
6. Able to alter biological matter by ionization
- Calcium + Tungstate are the screen materials used in fluoroscopy.
- In 1973 3M Company discovered that rare earth materials were 2x’s more efficient than Calcium Tungstate.
- Flouroscopy is twice the dose of conventional xray imaging.
- Radiation can be either electromagnetic or particulate.Category: Radiology Notes
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