Heat energy carried by electromagnetic waves that can pass through gauges without warming them, but that increases the temperature of solid and opaque objects.
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Radioactive contamination
The contamination of any material, surface, environment or person by radioactive substances such as alpha particles or gamma rays. Radioisotopes used in industry (e.g. medicine, food, pasteurisation) are generally of low power with a short life. The risk is insurable if the UK’s Atomic Energy Authority standards for the use of radioisotopes are strictly observed. Product and public liability policies exclude loss or damage from ionising radiations or contamination from any nuclear fuel or waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel. See NUCLEAR PERILS.
Radioactive Contamination Insurance
Coverage which may be added for a Property policy to cover certain risks where there is neither a nuclear reactor nor nuclear fuel on the premises but which might occasionally be exposed to contamination damage from other material on the insured’s premises. Liability losses caused by nuclear reaction and radioactive contamination are excluded from most insurance contracts and are usually covered under policies issued by pools created for this purpose.
Radioactive contamination insurance (Property Insurance)
Insurance that covers property that can be exposed to radioactive contamination due to materials on the insured property. This type of exposure is usually excluded from typical property insurance policies. To qualify for this type of policy, the possible radioactivity must not be due to exposure from a nuclear reactor or nuclear fuel.
Radiologist
Doctor of Medicine who specializes in radiology and is concerned with the diagnostic and/or therapeutic use of x-rays and other imaging technologies.
Radiology
Branch of medicine that deals with radioactive substances and is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by visualizing any of the various sources of radiant energy.
Radiology including nuclear medicine and diagnostic ultrasound section
Division of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book that contains information about radiographic, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound procedures.
Radiology report
Written or dictated document of the findings after radiological films have been taken of an individual’s body part or organ. Also referred to as x-ray report .
Radiology services
Three branches of radiology services include diagnostic radiology, which is imaging using external sources of radiation or no radiation; nuclear medicine, which is imaging radioactive materials that are placed in body organs; and therapeutic radiology, which is the treatment of cancer using radiation.
Radionuclides
Isotope that undergoes radioactive decay and is used for nuclear imaging or scanning and treating tumors and cancer.