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internal radiation

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Nuclear radiation (alpha and beta particles and gamma radiation) resulting from radioactive substances in the body.

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Plus, today women can receive internal radiation, also called brachytherapy, as well as external radiation.
Internal radiation involves placement of a radioactive pellet on or near the cancer.
Combined with responsive mechanical control systems of external, interstitial and internal radiation such as louvres and brise-soleil, such transparent skins will give the transition between inside and out astonishing properties that we can imagine only as dimly as Dr Johnson could have envisaged the Crystal Palace.
 
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