Answer to Question #176157 in Physics for Sam

Question

Compare the health and safety risks, side effects and limitations of non-ionising and ionising radiation technologies in medical applications to maximise the protection of operators and patients.

Despite the many benefits of radiation technologies, the use of ionising and non-ionising radiation in medical applications is not without risk.

.Produce a report that discusses, compares and explains the health and safety issues, side effects and limitations of ionising and non-ionising radiation technologies in medical applications.

Answer 1

The health and safety risks, side effects, and limitations of non-ionising and ionising radiation technologies include many serious consequences such as risk of cancer, radiation poisoning, low efficiency at work, insomnia, breath problems, depression. The first two risks are highly associated with ionising radiation technologies, while other problems may accompany both types of technologies.

The impact of ionising radiation technologies depends on the way of treatment for each individual patient. Long and difficult treatment by ionising radiation technologies (like radiation therapy) bring the patient many undesirable consequences due to a serious dose of radiation. This this scenario, the dose received by the patient is much greater than the operator's. In the case of non-ionising ones the operator, as a rule, receives a greater dose during her or his lifetime. In case patients receive ordinary scanning or diagnostics with ionising technologies, they receive a less serious dose of radiation than the operators during the time they spent working with such equipment.