186425
Description
Mind Map by Em Attwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Em Attwood
about 11 years ago
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Physics Revision
- MEDICAL USES
- X-Rays
- Part of the
ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
- Properties make
them USEFUL IN
MEDICINE
- Produce DETAILED IMAGES
- Can be used for DENTAL TREATMENT
- DECAYED teeth ABSORB LESS
- DECAYED teeth ABSORB LESS
- Traditionally 2D
- CT SCANS look from
MORE THAN ONE ANGLE
to produce 3D
Annotations:
- CT SCAN Computerised Tomography Scan
- CT SCANS look from
MORE THAN ONE ANGLE
to produce 3D
- Can be used for DENTAL TREATMENT
- Radiography
TREATS
CANCER
- Produce DETAILED IMAGES
- HAZARDOUS
- PRECAUTIONS taken
to protect medical staff
- PRECAUTIONS taken
to protect medical staff
- ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
- TRANSFER energy
and are
TRANSVERSE
WAVES
Annotations:
- TRANSVERSE WAVES Oscillations are perpendicular to the energy transfer.
- OSCILLATIONS The 'waves' on a radio wave
- Very SHORT wavelength
- Roughly
the
SIZE
OF AN
ATOM
- Roughly
the
SIZE
OF AN
ATOM
- Cause IONISATION
Annotations:
- IONISATION The adding or removing of electrons in atoms and molecules
- Can damage DNA cells
- Turn PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM black
- In the same way as visible light
- In the same way as visible light
- Absorbed/stopped by METAL and BONE
- TRANSMITTED by HEALTHY TISSUE
Annotations:
- TRANSMITTED Pass through
- TRANSMITTED by HEALTHY TISSUE
- Part of the
ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
- ULTRASOUND
- HIGH FREQUENCY sound waves
- DIAGNOSE DISEASE
- Often used in PRE-NATAL scans
Annotations:
- PRE-NATAL Before birth
- Medical TREATMENT of KIDNEY STONES
- HIGH FREQUENCY sound waves
- X-Rays
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