Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy or DaRT is an alpha-particle-based radiation therapy for the treatment of solid tumors. This therapy was developed...

utilized as a source of alpha radiation in a cancer treatment device called DaRT (diffusing alpha emitters radiation therapy). Each radium-224 atom undergoes...

(14 minutes, 47 seconds). Neutron radiation is distinct from alpha, beta and gamma radiation. Neutrons may be emitted from nuclear fusion or nuclear fission...

radioactive source, isotope source, or radiation source, though these more general terms also apply to alpha and beta-emitting devices. Gamma sources are usually...

less radiation exposure. Beta emitters such as 131I and 90Y are used in radionuclide therapy. In nuclear medicine diagnostics, the beta+ emitters 18F,...

Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill...

light or electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength that is absorbed, reflected, or otherwise emitted (e.g. black-body radiation) by matter on any scale...

activity of the immune system. The treatment, known as Diffusing alpha emitter Radiation Therapy (DaRT) is based on needles loaded with radium-224. These...

theory BNCT is a highly selective type of radiation therapy that can target tumor cells without causing radiation damage to the adjacent normal cells and...

tumor, and emit high energy alpha particles, which destroy the tumor. This therapy is called "Diffusing Alpha-emitting Radiation Therapy" or DaRT. Nanotechnology...

mechanism for photons as they are used for example in external beam radiation therapy. Typically, the radiolytic events that lead to the damage of the (tumor)-cell...

Sunlight is the portion of the electromagnetic radiation which is emitted by the Sun (i.e. solar radiation) and received by the Earth, in particular the...

yttrium-90, indium-111 and other isotopes including alpha emitters. This is a highly targeted and effective therapy with minimal side effects in tumors with high...

6 are valence electrons. Uranium radioactively decays, usually by emitting an alpha particle. The half-life of this decay varies between 159,200 and 4...

Kiichiro; Tajiri, Junichi (September 2016). "Painful Radiation Thyroiditis after 131I Therapy for Graves' Hyperthyroidism: Clinical Features and Ultrasonographic...

cells. The therapy delivers high-energy alpha radiation to induce DNA damage in cancer cells, leveraging the short tissue range of alpha particles to...

goserelin, were subsequently developed and used to treat prostate cancer. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer was first developed in the early 20th century...

(2012). "Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS): A Diagnostic Tool for Assessing Tissue Blood Flow in Vascular-Related Diseases and Therapies". Current...

substances which emit the energy immediately and stop glowing when the exciting radiation is turned off, and phosphorescent substances which emit the energy...

to decay, causing continued exposure by emitting energetic alpha radiation with some associated gamma radiation too, that can damage vital molecules in...

strontium in water improved strontium selectivity. Spent nuclear fuel stays a radiation hazard for extended periods of time with half-lifes as high as 24,000...

metal foil and noticed that a small number of these particles gave off alpha particles. This was the first demonstration of nuclear fusion, as well as...

are metabolized in the brain and emit positrons to produce a visualization of brain activity. The amount of radiation a patient is exposed to in a PET...

higher as 17O builds up from neutron capture on 16O. Also, 17O may emit an alpha particle on neutron capture, producing radioactive carbon-14. The 1960s...

Terbium-149 emits short-range alpha particles, gamma-rays and positrons, in its decay scheme, which makes it suitable for targeted alpha therapy. The particular...

analogs as potential delivery agents for neutron capture therapy of brain tumors". Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 106: 251–5. Bibcode:2015AppRI.106..251B...

interaction and strong interaction.) Electromagnetic radiation In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) refers to the waves (or their quanta...

of the stratosphere, which absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Ozone's odor is reminiscent of chlorine, and detectable by many people...

scattering cross section for a gold nucleus scattering a 6[broken anchor] MeV alpha particle over 140 degrees To help compare different orders of magnitude...

cubic crystal lattice, but they vary widely in their atomic structures. Alpha manganese (α-Mn) is the equilibrium phase at room temperature. It has a...