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ICRU operational quantities

ICRU operational quantities Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2010), Vol. 139, No. 4, pp. 475–476 doi:10.1093/rpd/ncq123 Advance Access publication 17 April 2010 Editorial AREAS OF APPLICATION OF OPERATIONAL significant effect on energy deposited. The ICRU QUANTITIES quantity dose equivalent is defined in tissue, but it is not always clear whether this always means ICRU During the past 20 y the ICRU operational dose 4-element tissue, as opposed to, for instance, ICRU quantities for measurements of external exposure muscle. Dose equivalent is defined as absorbed dose have been introduced into legal radiation protection in tissue times Q(L), where L is the unrestricted metrology in many countries, and most individual linear energy transfer (L or LET) in water. dosemeters and area monitors are calibrated in Second, more recommended data are needed for the terms of these quantities. Further, the radiation application of the operational quantities; for example, fields used especially in medical diagnostics and conversion coefficients are needed for higher particle therapy have been broadened and the areas of appli- energies, and ICRU recommended phantoms and cation of operational quantities have increased. For conversion coefficients are needed for extremity moni- example, there are more sources of high-energy radi- toring and for the lens of the eye. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiation Protection Dosimetry Oxford University Press

ICRU operational quantities

Bartlett, D. T.; Dietze, G.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry , Volume 139 (4) – Jun 17, 2010
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2010), Vol. 139, No. 4, pp. 475–476 doi:10.1093/rpd/ncq123 Advance Access publication 17 April 2010 Editorial AREAS OF APPLICATION OF OPERATIONAL significant effect on energy deposited. The ICRU QUANTITIES quantity dose equivalent is defined in tissue, but it is not always clear whether this always means ICRU During the past 20 y the ICRU operational dose 4-element tissue, as opposed to, for instance, ICRU quantities for measurements of external exposure muscle. Dose equivalent is defined as absorbed dose have been introduced into legal radiation protection in tissue times Q(L), where L is the unrestricted metrology in many countries, and most individual linear energy transfer (L or LET) in water. dosemeters and area monitors are calibrated in Second, more recommended data are needed for the terms of these quantities. Further, the radiation application of the operational quantities; for example, fields used especially in medical diagnostics and conversion coefficients are needed for higher particle therapy have been broadened and the areas of appli- energies, and ICRU recommended phantoms and cation of operational quantities have increased. For conversion coefficients are needed for extremity moni- example, there are more sources of high-energy radi- toring and for the lens of the eye.

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