Friday, 16 October 2015

Latent Period in Radiology | MDS Entrance Preparations

Latent Period in radiology is defined as ?
A. Time gap between taking radiograph and development of image.
B.Time gap between radiation exposure and radiation induced effects.
C.Cell rest and cell mitosis.
D.The first and last dose in radiotherapy.



Ans. B
Latent Period- After this prodromal reaction comes a latent period of apparent well-being, during which no sign or symptoms of radiation sickness occur. The' extent of the latent period is also dose related. It extends from hours or days at supralethal exposures (greater than approximately 5 Gy) to a few weeks at sublethal exposures (less than  Symptoms fOI.IOW the latent period when the individuals are exposed in the lethal range (approximately 2 to 5) or supralethal range.
 

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