Nuclear physics in medicine, minefield and kitchen

• Authors: Paweł Moskal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Plethora of phenomena discovered and investigated in the Maria Curie laboratories constitute nowadays basis of functioning of various advanced devices used in modern science, industry and medicine. In this article we briefly describe few examples of nuclear physics applications, such as: non-invasive imaging of living organisms by means of Positron Emission Tomography, remote identification of explosives and other dangerous substances, using the technique of atometry, and preservation of food by its exposure to nuclear radiation.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio AAA – Physica
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 66
• Pages: 71-88

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

14 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

author

Paweł Moskal

• Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-059 Cracow, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10246-012-0004-7