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PHY3 DJune 2006

This document contains information about medical physics topics related to radioactive decay, X-ray tubes, and ultrasound diagnosis. It includes: 1) Graphs showing the radioactive decay of technetium-99m which has a half-life of 6 hours, and asks questions about calculating the biological half-life from another graph. 2) Questions about the nuclear decay processes of molybdenum-94 to technetium-99m, and technetium-99m to its stable product, including writing nuclear equations. 3) Questions about how X-ray absorption depends on atomic number Z and the labeled parts and functions of an X-ray tube. 4) Questions defining variables in

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PHY3 DJune 2006

This document contains information about medical physics topics related to radioactive decay, X-ray tubes, and ultrasound diagnosis. It includes: 1) Graphs showing the radioactive decay of technetium-99m which has a half-life of 6 hours, and asks questions about calculating the biological half-life from another graph. 2) Questions about the nuclear decay processes of molybdenum-94 to technetium-99m, and technetium-99m to its stable product, including writing nuclear equations. 3) Questions about how X-ray absorption depends on atomic number Z and the labeled parts and functions of an X-ray tube. 4) Questions defining variables in

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PHY3 JUNE 2006 - TOPIC D - MEDICAL PHYSICS 30 minutes 1

4. (a) Graph R shows the radioactive


decay of technetium 99mTc which
has a radioactive half-life of 6 hours.
Graph E shows the observed decay
of the same isotope when it is used
in a tracer investigation in a patient.
(i) On a copy of this graph, label
the x-axis. [1]
(ii) Use graph R to add a scale and units
to the x-axis. Show how you did this on
your copy of the graph. [2]
Use graph E to calculate the biological half-life
of the isotope in this investigation. [3]

(b) (i) Molybdenum 9042Mo decays to 99mTc by beta-minus emission.


Write a balanced nuclear equation for this decay. [1]
(ii) In what is radioactive molybdenum produced? [1]
(iii) Describe and explain the process of elution that is used to extract the 99mTc from an elution cell.
You may be awarded a mark for the clarity of your answer. [4]
(iv) Technetium 99mTc decays by gamma emission.
Write a balanced nuclear equation
for this decay. [1]
(v) The product of this decay has a
half-life of 210 000 years.
Explain the importance of this
long half-life when 99mTc is
used as a tracer. [2]

(c) In X-ray diagnosis the


absorption of keV X-rays is
highly dependent on Z.
(i) State what Z represents in this context. [1]
(ii) Explain the relevance of the value of Z
in the production of radiographic images. [2]
The diagram shows a rotating anode X-ray tube.
(iii) Name and explain the function of the numbered parts
of the X-ray tube. [6]

(d) In ultrasonic diagnosis the reflection coefficient a can be written as:


(i) State what is represented by Z1 and Z2 in this equation. [2]
(ii) Show that the units of Z are kg m2 s-1. [2]
(iii) Calculate the reflection coefficient using the data
given opposite. [2]
(iv) Hence find the percentage of the incident ultrasound that
will be transmitted through a muscle-blood boundary. [2]

Total 32 marks

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