Sentences with phrase «total body radiation»

Harvested cancer - free cells are then reintroduced into the patient after total body radiation is used to kill residual cancer cells left in the body.

The vet then harvests the stem cells, and the dog is given total body radiation to kill all lymphoma cells.

Not exact matches

Astronomers measure the total radiation coming from the sky and subtract off the radiation generated by the instrument itself, by our own planet and civilization, and by known celestial bodies.

If the surface plus atmosphere together acts as a gray body at 288 K with e = 0.61, then only 61 % of incoming solar radiation at thermal infrared wavelengths (a small fraction of the total) will be absorbed.

Patients will receive radiation to the front half of the body once a day for two days (4 Gy per day for a total of 8 Gy) after chemotherapy treatment no. 8.

For a «black - body» the total amount of radiation summed across all wavelengths is proportional to T ^ 4 (Stefan - Boltzmann Law).

There the temperature is independent of albedo and the total radiation leaving equals that of a black body at ~ 4.2 C degrees.

Electrons jumping orbitals and producing radiation don't know if there is a warmer or colder body out there somewhere, therefore the total instantaneous radiation from any body is independent of the temperature of the surroundings.

And, in case it is not obvious, the total radiation absorbed is also a function of the intensity of radiation travelling through the body that we want to calculate.

First, the quote is not dealing with what the result of reabsorbing its own radiation is but how to calculate the total emitted power of a body with a complex shape.

Notice it says «black enclosure» meaning black in the black body sense, of total absorption of all radiation incident on the walls of that enclosure.

Total body irradiation was linked with a 5.5-fold increased risk and chest and abdomen radiation a 2.2-fold increased risk of cardiovascular risk factor clustering, which when present is associated with subsequent cardiovascular disease.