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Dynamic Lung Tumor Tracking for Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy
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2015
Stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy (SBRT) involves the precise delivery of high-dose radiation to cancer tumor targets. A novel SBRT platform offers a first-of-its-kind gimbaled radiation accelerator mounted within a pivoting O-ring gantry capable of dynamic image-guided tumor tracking. Here, we describe dynamic tumor tracking for lung targets.
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Biological Effects of Radiation
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2020
All radioactive nuclides emit high-energy particles or electromagnetic waves. When this radiation encounters living cells, it can cause heating, break chemical bonds, or ionize molecules. The most serious biological damage results when these radioactive emissions fragment or ionize molecules. For example, α and β particles emitted from nuclear decay reactions possess much higher energies than ordinary chemical bond energies. When these particles strike and penetrate matter, they produce ions...
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Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials
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2014
The TET (transient electro-thermal) technique is an effective approach developed to measure the thermal diffusivity of solid materials.
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Analysis of Thermal Expansion via Dilatometry
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2023
Source: J. Jacob Chavez, Ryan T. Davis, and Taylor D. Sparks, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Thermal expansion is extremely important when considering which materials will be used in systems that experience fluctuations in temperature. A high or low thermal expansion in a material may or may not be desirable, depending on the application. For instance, in a common liquid thermometer, a material with a high thermal expansion would be...
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Radiation: Applications
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2023
The average temperature of Earth is the subject of much current discussion. Earth is in radiative contact with both the Sun and dark space; it receives almost all its energy from the radiation of the Sun and reflects some of it into outer space. Dark space is very cold, about 3 K, so Earth radiates energy into it. For instance, heat transfer occurs from soil and grasses, the rate of which can be so rapid that frost can occur on clear summer evenings, even in warm latitudes. The average...
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Increasing temperature affects thermal radiation in two linked ways: the emitted energy becomes more intense, and the wavelength of peak emission shifts toward shorter wavelengths. Consequently, comparing both overall intensity and spectral distribution can reveal temperature-related differences between objects, rather than relying on brightness alone. These relationships are central to interpreting radiation measurements in physics.
Blackbody radiation laws provide a theoretical framework for relating an object's temperature to the intensity and wavelength pattern of its emission. They allow physicists to analyze spectra systematically and connect measured radiation with temperature. This framework supports calculations involving energy transfer and helps interpret observations of heated matter, stars, and planets.
Thermal radiation provides a measurable link between microscopic molecular motion and temperature. Changes in the internal motion associated with heating appear as changes in emitted intensity and wavelength distribution. By studying those observable patterns, physics connects matter at the microscopic level with temperature measurements and macroscopic energy behavior.
Thermal imaging and infrared sensing use emitted radiation to estimate temperature-related differences across objects or regions. Because hotter materials radiate more intensely and shift their peak emission toward shorter wavelengths, detected patterns can be interpreted as spatial variations in thermal conditions. These applications turn electromagnetic emission into information about otherwise invisible temperature distributions.
Radiative emission contributes to the accounting of energy entering or leaving a system, making it relevant to energy-balance calculations. Engineers and physicists can use temperature-dependent intensity and wavelength behavior when analyzing heat management. This perspective helps evaluate how matter exchanges energy through radiation and supports the design or assessment of systems where thermal control matters.
Radiation measurements provide information about the temperatures and energy behavior of distant or large-scale objects. For stars and planets, emission patterns help connect observed electromagnetic energy with their thermal conditions. In climate observation, radiation measurements support tracking energy balances and temperature-related changes, extending the study of thermal processes beyond laboratory materials.