Cherenkov Radiation

  • Recently, scientists have successfully developed a cost-effective method to detect cancer using Cherenkov radiation.
  • Cherenkov radiation is a particular kind of radiation that is emitted by charged particles when they pass through some mediums.
  • A good example of this kind of radiation is the characteristic blue glow of underwater nuclear reactors.
  • The team of researchers developed a Cherenkov Luminescence Imaging (CLI) procedure where charged particles released by the system cause the target tissue (the tumour) to vibrate and stop vibrating in such a way that they emit light which can be captured by a ....
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