[energy beams of short wavelengths (0.01 to 10 nm) or corresponding quanta produced by high velocity electrons that impinge on various materials and can penetrate most substances; used for photographic imaging of body regions, destruction of undesirable tissue, experimental mutagenesis, and crystallographic and other applications; for x ray visualization use radiography. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0043309 - Natural Phenomenon or Process
Relation/PAR: electromagnetic radiation
ionizing radiation