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Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences News
The department of health physics and diagnostic sciences within the School of Integrated Health Sciences provides a high-quality educational experience for undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of health physics; medical physics; comprehensive medical imaging; radiochemistry; and radiography.
Current Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences News
At UNLV, Haven Searcy gains two degrees and experience analyzing the effects of radiation on the environment.
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As future frontline health care workers, UNLV radiography students spend a year learning how to properly position a patient for imaging.
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With her clinical contacts and student focus, Melinda Bechtel built the ultrasound degree program into a career launching pad.
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Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences In The News
The approach even goes further, with trips to more distant areas.
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H-bombs use a combination of nuclear fission and fusion and are far more powerful than atomic bombs.
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Seven years after the end of WWII, the US detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb.
The world's first nuclear weapon — the atom bomb — devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
With its depiction of the first atomic bomb explosion, the new film, "Oppenheimer," highlights the massive destructive power of these early nuclear weapons.
Radioactive particles from nuclear explosions are found in every corner of the world. Many people are worried about the bad effects of nuclear bombs.
Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences Experts
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