vocab

blood disorder resulting from bone marrow failure after exposure to ionizing radiation

concept that helps explain the need for a quality, or modifying factor

allows units to be used inter used interchangeably among all branches of science throughout the world

blood disorder resulting in abnormal overproduction of white blood cells after exposure to ionizing radiation

kinetic energy released in a unit mass (kilogram) of air

biologic damage to the body caused by exposure to ionizing radiation

Si unit used to express D

a measure of the amount of radiant energy that has been thrust into a portion of the patient's body surface

the photon (either x-ray or gamma ray) exposure that under standard conditions of pressure and temperature produces a total positive or negative charge of 2.58 x 10^-4 C/kg of dry air

SI unit for the radiation quantity ColEfD

a dimensionless factor (a multiplier) that was chosen for radiation protection purposes to account for differences in biologic impact among various types of ionizing radiation

radiation exposure received by radiation workers in the course of exercising their professional responsibilities

the product of D x WR x WT

a pear-shaped, partial vacuum discharge tube

short-wavelength, higher-energy electromagnetic waves emitted by the nuclei of radioactive substances

unit used from 1900 to 1930 to measure radiation

product of D x Wr

radiation quantity that is a particularly useful dose monitor for occupationally exposed personnel such as nuclear medicine technologists and interventional radiologists, who are likely to receive possibly significant radiation exposure during the course of a year

SI unit of EqD

amount of energy per unit mass absorbed by an irradiated object

relates the ionization produced in a small cavity within an irradiated medium or object to the energy absorbed in that medium or object to the energy absorbed in that medium as a result of its radiation exposure

fluorescent material that coated the paper used when x-rays were discovered

the amount of ionizing radiation that may strike an object such as the human body when in the vicinity of a radiation source

the kinetic energy released in a unit mass of tissue

a composite, or weighted average, of the atomic numbers of the many chemical elements comprising the tissue