Irradiation

Irradiation stands for:

• the impact of radiation on an object
• Food irradiation , a process for preserving food with the help of ionizing radiation
• for a method of mutation breeding of plants, see Plant Breeding # Mutation Breeding
• irradiation to cure adhesives, see Adhesives # Radiation-curing adhesives
• Irradiation (physical quantity) , radiant energy of electromagnetic radiation per area
• Beam technology , the processing of material surfaces by irradiation with liquids or solids

Medicine:

• Radiation therapy , a medical specialty that deals with the medical application of ionizing radiation
• Phototherapy , a physical treatment option for newborns with short-wave blue light
• Light therapy , a method of treating various diseases with light

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.