TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Radiation Safety and Protection A1 - Tavel, Jason S. A2 - Heller, Gary V. A2 - Hendel, Robert C. PY - 2017 T2 - Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications, 3e AB - The Health Physics Society defines radiation as "energy that comes from a source and travels through space."1 The source could be atomic particles such as alpha and beta emissions as well as electromagnetic energy associated with AM/FM radio, radar, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays. Radiation with enough energy to remove an electron from an atom is termed ionizing radiation.2 A characteristic of x-rays, gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, radiation having this ability can lead to biological damage when absorbed in human tissue. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145443102 ER -