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Radiation interactions are keys to understand the basics of radiation dose deposition in malignant and normal tissues, the formation of images for diagnosis as well as for radiation safety. Radiation interactions can be classified as (1) photon interactions, (2) heavy charged particles interactions, (3) light charged particles interactions, and (4) neutron interactions.
Photoelectric effect and Compton scattering are prominent interactions in the diagnostic energy range, Compton scattering increases with energy above 30 KV and it is the most prominent interaction in MV energy range, when energy increases further pair production increases and above 10 MV photodisintegration starts happening which is a cause of neutron generation in the machine head.
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Binjola, A. (2020). Interaction of Radiation with Matter. In: Mallick, S., Rath, G., Benson, R. (eds) Practical Radiation Oncology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0073-2_1
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