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Descriptor
English
:
Radiation Dosage
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Dosis de Radiación
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doses de Radiação
Synonyms
English
:
Dosage, Radiation
Dosages, Radiation
Gray Units
Gy Radiation
Radiation Dosages
Sievert Units
Sv Radiation Dose Equivalent
Units, Gray
Units, Sievert
Tree Number:
E05.799.513
G01.750.740
N06.850.810.250
SP8.473.654.412.062.116.157
Definition
English
:
The amount of
radiation
energy that is deposited in a unit mass of material, such as
tissues
of
plants
or animal. In
RADIOTHERAPY
,
radiation dosage
is expressed in gray units (Gy). In
RADIOLOGIC HEALTH
, the
dosage
is expressed by the product of absorbed dose (Gy) and quality factor (a function of
linear energy transfer
), and is called
radiation
dose equivalent in sievert units (Sv).
See Related
English
:
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Radiotherapy Dosage
History Note
English
:
72
Record Number:
12268
Unique Identifier:
D011829
Occurrence in VHL
:
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