X-ray
High-energy radiation with waves shorter than those of visible light. X-ray is used in low doses to make images that help to diagnose diseases and in high doses to treat cancer.
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- X-ray crystallography
The use of X-rays of known wavelength to learn the structure of any crystalline material. Put otherwise, X-ray crystallography is a technology by which the locations of atoms in any crystal can be precisely mapped by looking at the image of the crystal under an X-ray beam. The crystal is placed in the beam of […]
- X-ray, AP
An X-ray picture in which the beams pass through the patient anteroposteriorly (from front to back).
- X-ray, lateral
An X-ray picture that is taken from the side.
- X-ray, PA
An X-ray picture in which the beams pass through the patient posteroanteriorly (from back to front).
- X-rays during pregnancy
Prenatal radiation exposure.