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Why are UV lamps used in LASIK eye surgery?
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**X-rays in medicine** treat certain cancers because high-energy photons ionize and damage DNA of malignant cells, also imaging because bones absorb more than tissue, contrast. Gamma rays from Co-60 used for radiotherapy, energy ≈1.17 and 1.33 MeV, highly penetrating. The document mentions that due to their shorter wavelengths, UV rays can be focused into narrow beams, making them suitable for high-precision applications like LASIK eye surgery. Using c = fλ, E₀/B₀ = c, I_d = ε₀ dΦ_E/dt, and spectrum classification λ = c/f, evaluation yields They can be focused into narrow beams, illustrating EM wave transverse nature and Maxwell's displacement current concept.
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