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After a Compton interaction with an outer shell electron of a calcium atom (BE = 0.04), the recoil electron sped away with 10 keV of energy. The scattered photon was deflected at an angle of 75 degrees from the original photon retaining 62 keV of energy. What was the energy of the incident photon?

The RBE (Wr) of diagnostic x-rays is equal to ________.

List four factors that affect radiosensitivity in an organism and how they affect radiosensitivity.

The relative susceptibility of cells, tissues, and organs to the harmful action of ionizing radiation is ___________________.

Fractionation is used in radiation therapy because it allows the patient to ________.

An ion pair consists of:

A high energy photon has a ______________ wavelength and a _______________ frequency.

During the Compton interaction, the energy of the incident x-ray is:

What type of ionization would you most expect to see in the diagnostic x-ray range?

Tissue is _________ radiosensitive under high oxygen conditions and ________ radiosensitive under hypoxic conditions.