{"id":131082,"date":"2021-09-24T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T10:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=131082"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:58:42","slug":"leakage-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Leakage radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation. Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-l"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-24T10:55:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-22T08:58:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/\",\"name\":\"Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-24T10:55:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-22T08:58:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leakage radiation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation","description":"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation","og_description":"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-09-24T10:55:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-22T08:58:42+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/","name":"Leakage radiation - Definition of Leakage radiation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-24T10:55:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-22T08:58:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"In any x-ray-producing equipment, the desired beam of radiation is emitted through the collimator. There is always some additional radiation that escapes through the shielding of the head of the machine. This is leakage radiation.Radiation refers to the emission of energy from sources other than the intended radiating system. An example frequently encountered is the escape of electromagnetic radiation through flaws in shielding mechanisms.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/leakage-radiation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leakage radiation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225746,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131082\/revisions\/225746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}