Leone BJ, Mongan PD; Nelson K, Zhang Y

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Finanacial disclosures

• None

Expansion of service

• Gastroenterology
• CT Scanner
• Neuro-IR
• Cardiac suites

Physics of radiation

• Electromagnetic energy
- 0.01 to 10 Nanometer Wavelength
- 10 eV to 100 keV
• Similar to gamma rays
- X-rays – electrons
- Gamma rays – atomic nucleus

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