Also: irradiation, food irradiation, radiosurgery, PET imaging, cobalt-60
The shortest, most energetic wavelengths: used to sterilize medical devices and food, treat cancer, and image the body.
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| Property | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gamma Knife initial pain relief (trigeminal neuralgia, n=503) | 89% | Kondziolka 2010 |
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Baskar and colleagues reviewed radiotherapy, received by about 50% of cancer patients and contributing to about 40% of curative cancer treatment.
As reported in: Baskar, Lee, Yeo et al. (2012). Cancer and Radiation Therapy: Current Advances and Future Directions. International Journal of Medical Sciences. doi:10.7150/ijms.3635
A 1990 review covered the state of the art in radiation sterilization of medical devices.
As reported in: Dorpema (1990). Review and state of the art on radiation sterilization of medical devices. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part C. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. doi:10.1016/1359-0197(90)90118-2
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Kondziolka and colleagues reviewed 503 trigeminal neuralgia patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery; 89% achieved adequate or better initial pain relief.
As reported in: Kondziolka, Zorro, Lobato-Polo et al. (2010). Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia. Journal of Neurosurgery. doi:10.3171/2009.7.jns09694
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Phelps described how positron emission tomography (PET) images biological processes in neurological disease and cancer.
As reported in: Phelps (2000). Positron emission tomography provides molecular imaging of biological processes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.16.9226
Farkas and Mohácsi-Farkas reviewed food irradiation, concluding its future depends on an informed public and its role in controlling food-borne pathogens.
As reported in: Farkas, Mohácsi-Farkas (2011). History and future of food irradiation. Trends in Food Science & Technology. doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2010.04.002
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