Abstract
As a science, radiation biophysics is concerned with the action of ionizing radiation on biological systems. In contrast to radiobiology, which deals with the biological and medical consequences of radiation, radiation biophysics concerns itself mainly with the physical and chemical primary processes, and biological effects are attributed to them. Further neighboring fields are radiation chemistry and photobiology: the former because radiation-induced chemical alterations generally initiate the biological-metabolic radiation effects, the latter because visible and especially ultraviolet light is often able to generate effects similar to ionizing radiation.
Keywords
Dose Rate Radiation Effect Radiation Sensitivity Flash Photolysis Pulse Radiolysis
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