Role of radiation emergency medicine: historical view—a perspective on the past, present, and future
Makoto Akashi · 2024
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Description
Makoto Akashi, writing alone, surveys the history of radiation emergency medicine from its beginnings to its future. The field covers dose assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of people injured by radiation exposure or contamination. Akashi notes the story starts before Roentgen's famous X-ray report: Crookes tubes had already emitted X-rays and injured skin. Early users handled radiation with no sense of its danger.
Radioactive materials were discovered soon after, and contamination incidents followed. Devices grew sophisticated, new radionuclides multiplied, and nuclear physics made artificial radioactivity and reactors possible. Each advance reshaped the medical response required. The twenty twenty-four perspective connects that history to present practice and future needs, arguing the discipline evolves with the technology it serves.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Makoto Akashi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |