Gamma rays Flashcards
The first gamma-ray telescope that NASA was able to launch.
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
A radioactive tracer that they inject inside a patient’s body during a SPECT SCAN.
radiopharmaceutical
In the 1990s, observatories in space detected bursts of gamma rays coming from Earth that eventually were traced to _________.
thunderclouds
Who discovered Gamma rays?.
Paul Ulrich Villard
.As gamma rays pass through, they collide with electrons in the crystal. This process is called _________?
Compton Scattering
What is the device used in detecting gamma rays?
Gamma Ray Detector
They are produced during nuclear reactions and can be very harmful.
Gamma Rays
The most common form of radiation therapy.
EBRT
Medical scientists use this device to destroy brain cancers and other problems. This consists of many beams of gamma rays focused on the cells that need to be destroyed.
Gamma Ray Knife
The most significant contributions of gamma rays to modern medicine are…..
diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy.
The first gamma-ray telescope that NASA launched was named in honour of ………., who had previously been awarded the Nobel Prize.
Arthur Holly Compton
The name “gamma rays” came from……
Ernest Rutherford.
They have the shortest wavelength and highest frequencies of all the radiations.
Gamma rays
He discovered gamma rays while studying the radiation emanating from Radium, Polonium, and Uranium.
Paul Ulrich Villard
A type of em radiation that cannot be deflected by magnetic fields
Gamma Rays
