Radiation types; Radiation interactions; Radioactivity; Linear energy Transfer; Relative Biological Effectiveness; Biological effects of radiation
Abstract :
[en] Radiation biology is the study of the effects of ionizing radiation on biological tissues and living organisms. It combines radiation physics and biology. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the terminology and basic concepts of radiobiology to create a better understanding of the ionizing radiation interactions with a living organism. This chapter firstly describes the different types of radiation, the sources, and the radiation interactions with matter. The basic concepts of radioactivity and its applications are also included. Ionizing radiation causes significant physical and chemical modifications, which eventually lead to biological effects in the exposed tissue or organism. The physical quantities and units needed to describe the radiation are introduced here. Eventually, a broad range of biological effects of the different radiation types are addressed. This chapter concludes with a specific focus on the effects of low doses of radiation.
Research Center/Unit :
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN)
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Baeyens, Ans
Abrantes, Ana Margarida
Ahire, Vidhula
Ainsbury, Elizabeth A.
Baatout, Sarah
Baselet, Bjorn
Botelho, Maria Filomena
Boterberg, Tom
Chevalier, Francois
Da Pieve, Fabiana
Delbart, Wendy
Edin, Nina Frederike Jeppesen
Fernandez-Palomo, Cristian
Geenen, Lorain
Georgakilas, Alexandros G.
Heynickx, Nathalie
Meade, Aidan D.
Michaelidesova, Anna Jelinek
Mistry, Dhruti
Montoro, Alegría
Mothersill, Carmel
Pires, Ana Salomé
Reindl, Judith
Schettino, Giuseppe
Socol, Yehoshua
Selvaraj, Vinodh Kumar
Sminia, Peter
Vermeulen, Koen
Vogin, Guillaume ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Waked, Anthony ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, et biochimie humaine
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