Scattered radiation
| Scattered radiation | |
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| Term | Scattered radiation |
| Short definition | scattered radiation - (pronounced) (SKA-ter RAY-dee-AY-shun) Radiation propagating from a ray in different directions when the ray interacts with a substance such as body tissue. For example, during X-ray mammography, very small amounts of radiation may be scattered into areas remote from the breast, such as the head and neck, sternum, and thyroid. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
scattered radiation - (pronounced) (SKA-ter RAY-dee-AY-shun) Radiation propagating from a ray in different directions when the ray interacts with a substance such as body tissue. For example, during X-ray mammography, very small amounts of radiation may be scattered into areas remote from the breast, such as the head and neck, sternum, and thyroid. The energy of the scattered radiation is usually much lower than that of the original radiation beam
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