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Can you please tell me how radiography and radiation therapy differ?
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See answer: Radiology (radiography) uses relatively low levels of ionizing radiation for medical imaging to diagnose a disease. Radiation therapy uses higher more intense levels of energy to actually treat disease, usually malignancy.
Answered 6/24/2014
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