Unit 21 A *Distinction*

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Assessor
Learner name Malisha Warnakulasooriya
name Amin Maan

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Programme BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Applied Science

Unit Unit 21: Medical Physics Applications
Assignment
reference and Assignment 1- Radiation use in medical diagnosis and treatment.
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Explain how the principles and production of non-ionising radiation technologies
A. P1
are used in medical applications.

Explain why non-ionising radiation technologies are used for diagnosis and
A. P2
treatment of the human body

Explain how the principles and production of ionising radiation technologies are
B. P3
used in medical applications.

Explain why ionising radiation technologies are used for diagnosis and treatment
B. P4
of the human body.

Compare the principles, production, and uses of different non-ionising radiation
A. M1
techniques in medical applications.

Compare the principles, production, and uses of different ionising radiation
B. M2
techniques in medical applications.

Justify the choice of non-ionising and ionising radiation techniques in medical
AB. D1
applications.




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A.P1 Explain how the principles and production of non-ionising radiation
technologies are used in medical applications

Non-ionising radiation
 Examples of non-ionising radiation…………………………………………………………….Page 4
 Medical use of non-ionising radiation………………………………………………………..Page 5-6
 Ultrasound
 MRI


A.P2 Explain why non-ionising radiation technologies are used for diagnosis
and treatment of the human body
 Ultrasound……………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 7-8
 Advantages of ultrasound
 Disadvantages of ultrasound
 Ultrasound safety
 MRI………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 9-10
 Advantages of MRI
 Disadvantages of ultrasound
 MRI safety


B.P3 Explain how the principles and production of ionising radiation
technologies are used in medical applications

Ionisation radiation
 Example of ionisation radiation……………………………………………………………Page 11-12
 Medical use of ionising radiation………………………………………………………….Page 13-15
 Treatment using ionising radiation
 Diagnosis using non-ionising radiation




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