radiation biology Flashcards
interactions of x radiation with matter
ionization
radiation injury
a. direct vs indirect
b. dose response curves
c. deterministic vs stochastic risk
d. somatic vs genetic effects
e. sequence of radiation injury
dose units for radiation measurement:
1. exposure dose
2. absorbed dose
3. equivalent dose
4. effective dose
- exposure dose: R vs. coulombs/kg
- absorbed dose: RAD vs. Gray (G)
- equivalent dose: REM vs. Sievert (Sv)
- effective dose: REM vs. Sievert (Sv)
ionize air
exposure
traditional unit: R
SI unit: air kerma
energy absorbed by tissue
absorbed dose
traditional unit: rad
SI unit: Gy
modified by radiation weighting factor
equivalent dose
traditional unit: rem
SI unit: Sv
modified by tissue weight factor
traditional unit: rem
SI unit: Sv
measure of the capacity of radiation to ionize air
exposure
exposure traditional unit
R roentgen
and air kerma in metric (kinetic energy released in matter)
absorbed dose:
rad
radiation absorbed dose
100 radiation energy in 1 gram of absorbed material
use to compare the biological effects of different types of radiation
equivalent dose (I)
radiation weighing factor (Wr) depends on the type and energy:
of the radiation involved
Ht (equivalent dose)= Dt (absorbed dose) x Wr (radiation weighing factor)
measure of the biological effectiveness of a radiation to ionize matter
equivalent dose
the quality factor for x-radiation is
1
equivalent dose unit is REM that stands for
roentgen equivalent in man
equivalent dose is equivalent to
RAD x QF
(absorbed dose x Wr)
since QF for x-radiation is 1, the RAD units for x-radiation are ____to REM units
equal
effective dose calculation
E= SUM(Z) Wt x Ht
E= Z (tissue weight factor) x (dose equivalence to tissue)
this measure is used to specifically calculate risks of radiation to human tissues on a common scale
effective dose
product of the sum of dose equivalence to the specific tissues or organs exposed and the biological tissue weighting factor
effective dose
**used to assess risk of non-uniform radiation to localized part of body and degree to which this would increase a person’s whole body risk of:
effective dose
- cancer induction and or
- induction of genetic mutations
area exposed is related to the
maximum size of the beam
1 of 4 things can happen when you expose an object to x-radiation
- no interaction (pass right thru) 9%
- coherent scattering (heat and no ionize) 7%
- photoelectric absorption 27%
- compton scattering 57%
two ionizing effects are
- compton (incoherent) scatter
- photoelectric effect
mechanism of injury from xray interaction with matter (ionization)
radiation injury
ionization from ionizing radiation exposure sets off multiple direct and indirect molecular reactions in ____secs
enzymatic repair or further deleterious molecular changes occur in
deterministic and stochastic effects take place over time from
< 1 second
in mins to hours
months to decades to generations
x-ray photon enters object (patient or other tissues) and exits with no change in its energy
no interaction 9%
x-ray photon collides with an orbital electron and loses its energy.
-ejected photoelectron loses its energy and results in an atom with an altered electric state ( example: + charge)
photoelectric interaction
30% of all interactions
in this interaction, the ionized matter is unstable and seeks a more stable configuration.
the new configuration may include new ionic bonds, different covalent bonds, etc.
if the degree of photoelectric effect is significant, this may affect:________
these effects are often deleterious biologic changes, like altered metabolic function or malignancy
photoelectric interaction AND compton interaction/scatter
affect biologic structure, function or both
- xray photon collides with an outer orbital electron losing some energy
- xray photon continues in different direction with less energy creating more scatter until all the energy is lost
- results in an atom with an altered eletric state (ex: + charge)
compton interaction/scatter
62% of interactions
- xray photon of low energy interacts with an outer orbital electron and changes direction
- no photoelectron produced
- no ionization occurs
coherent interaction
8% of interactions
with direct and indirect radiation injury, both:
- effects occur quickly
- take hours to decades to become evident
- result of ionization
this ionizes biologic maromolecules
contributes to ~1/3 of biologic effects
direct effect
xray photons absorbed by H2O-> free radicals-> biologic damage
contributes to ~2/3 of biologic effects
indirect effect