The rad is a unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg. It was originally defined in CGS units in 1953 as the dose causing...

Gy) is the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram...

Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) recommended the rad, equal to 100 erg/g, as the unit of measure of the new radiation quantity absorbed...

which is primarily radiation-induced cancer. These quantities are derived from absorbed dose, which in the CGS system has the unit rad. There is no universally...

unit of local government in Pennsylvania, U.S. Radian, symbol rad, a unit of angle Rad (radiation unit), a unit of absorbed radiation dose Radiation assessment...

matter. The older, non-SI CGS unit rad, is sometimes also used, predominantly in the USA. Conventionally, in radiation protection, unmodified absorbed...

shows radiation quantities in SI and non-SI units: Although the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission permits the use of the units curie, rad, and...

than 0.7 Gy (70 rad), that generally occurs from a source outside the body, delivered within a few minutes. Sources of such radiation can occur accidentally...

radiobiology Louis Harold Gray (1905-1965) introduced the unit Rad (acronym for radiation absorbed dose) in the 1930s, which was renamed Gray (Gy) after...

conducting materials the antenna is made of. The radiation resistance (   R r a d   {\displaystyle \ R_{\mathsf {rad}}\ } ) is conventionally defined as the value...

ionising effect on tissue. The rad is the deprecated CGS unit for absorbed dose and the rem is the deprecated CGS unit of equivalent dose, used mainly...

in gray centimeters rads a deprecated unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg Roentgen a legacy unit of measurement for...

(symbol: Sv) is a unit in the International System of Units (SI) intended to represent the stochastic health risk of ionizing radiation, which is defined...

indicated by the unit gray and resulting in acute radiation syndrome. For low level exposures there can be statistically elevated risks of radiation-induced cancer...

woman was exposed to radiation while nursing her sick husband. 41 days after the accident, her dose was estimated to be 2.3 Gy (230 rad) by means of a blood...

monitor unit (MU) is a measure of machine output from a clinical accelerator for radiation therapy such as a linear accelerator or an orthovoltage unit. Monitor...

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) is a standardization body set up in 1925 by the International Congress of Radiology...

kind of matter. The rad (radiation absorbed dose), is the corresponding traditional unit, which is 0.01 J deposited per kg. 100 rad = 1 Gy. Equal doses...

Ionizing radiation (US) (or ionising radiation [UK]), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient...

computer-controlled radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in 1982 after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had...

minute Ionizing radiation Orders of magnitude (radiation) Radiation poisoning Relative biological effectiveness Rem (unit) Rutherford (unit) Sievert (biological...

Becquerel Counts per minute Curie Gray (unit) Ionizing radiation units Ionisation chamber Rad (unit) Roentgen (unit) Roentgen equivalent man Sievert ICRP...

Fundamental Radiation Quantities and Units - OzRadOnc". "Kerma – Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF)". Podgorsak, E.B., ed. (2005). Radiation Oncology...

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ ), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic...

Banana equivalent dose (BED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure, intended as a general educational example to compare a...

of radiation outside the medical area and re-named as the ICRP. The ICRP is a sister organisation to the International Commission on Radiation Units and...

less commonly, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. In many languages, it is referred to as Röntgen radiation, after the German...

following table shows radiation quantities in SI and non-SI units: Geiger counter Ionizing radiation Radiation burn Radiation exposure Radiation poisoning United...

A radiation dosimeter is a device that measures dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. It is worn by the person being monitored when used as a personal...

measurement of ionizing radiation is sometimes expressed as being a rate of counts per unit time as registered by a radiation monitoring instrument, for...