Radiation Physics Short Answer Questions

Guidelines: Answer the following critical thinking questions and others that may come to mind to focus students’ attention on the lesson content. Each response must be a minimum of 100 words.  All responses must be typed.

·         1. During beam attenuation, what occurs at the molecular level of anatomic tissues to affect the quantity and quality of the radiation exiting the patient?

·        2.  How does the composition of varying types of matter affect the electromagnetic radiations throughout the spectrum?

·         3. How different do you think medicine would be today without medical imaging?

·         Why do we need units of measure in our daily lives?

·         4. Clearly differentiate between photoelectric and Compton interactions and how they relate to absorption and scattering.