A photon is a discrete packet of electromagnetic energy. The amount of energy depends on the frequency (wavelength) of the photon. Highest frequency, most energetic photon radiations are gamma rays, up to 300 EHz - 1.24 MeV. In addition to energy, photons are also carrying momentum.
Photons have no electrical charge or rest mass and exhibit both particle and wave behavior.
Photons are traveling in vacuum (without interactions with matter) with the constant velocity of 2.9979 x 10⁸ m/s (c, speed of light).
Photons get absorbed or scattered away from their original direction of travel when interacting with matter.
High energy photons as for example x-rays cause damages to exposed tissue and cells. Radiation exposure is measured in roentgen, radiation absorption in Roentgen//min.
Photon radiation in the frequency ranges of x-rays and gamma rays are used for medical diagnostic and treatment.

See also Photon Energy and Gamma Ray.

The energy of a photon is direct proportional to its frequency.
E = h * v
E = Energy (J joule)
h = Planck's constant, 6.626 x 10^-34 J-s (Joule-seconds)
v = Frequency (Hz)
This relation between energy and frequency of a photon is known as Planck's relation.

See also Photon.

Time in which 50% of the atoms of a radioactive substance transform/disintegrate (decay) to another nuclear form.

See also Half-Life, Biological Radioactive Half-Life and Effective Radioactive Half-Life.

(PACS) Picture Archiving and Communication System is an IT-based storage and retrieval system for digital images.

See also Radiology Information System and Digital Imaging And Communications In Medicine.

A pinhole is used as the simplest objective with no lens and a single very small aperture.