OVERVİEW OF THE USE OF ADVANCED RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

MAS EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MATHEMATICS-ENGINEERING-NATURAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES-V, Erzurum, Türkiye, 2 - 05 Mayıs 2019, ss.198-204

ABSTRACT

Radiation is naturally present in the world and is often used in man-made. After the discovery

of x-ray and radioactivity, radiation takes a big place in many sectors. Radiation makes life

easier with its technical advantages. At the beginning of 1900, advanced radiation

technologies began to spread rapidly and effectively applied to many health areas. Health

institutions are using a variety of radiation to diagnose, monitor and treat a wide assortment of

metabolic processes and medical conditions in humans. The use of x-rays, which is a kind of

radiation that can pass through the skin, is very common for imaging in health procedures.

Ionizing radiation which is a high energy type of radiation is used in treatment applications.

Radiation has the ability to kill cancerous tissue, reduce the size of the tumor or reduce pain.

Each year in the world, there are roughly millions of new cases for imaging or treatment with

radiation (3,600 million X-ray examinations, 37 million nuclear drug procedures, 7, 5 million

radiotherapy treatments). With the development of technology, more powerful computers and

software have been used in radiation imaging and treatment methods. As a result, radiation

can save thousands of lives through diagnosis and treatment but may lead to low-dose

radiation exposure for patients and health workers. In the future, these imaging or treatment

applications are expected to multiply exponentially. Therefore, it is considered that much

more new radiation protection systems will be developed to protect patients and health

workers from extra radiation.

Keywords: Radiation, technology, medical application