Absorbed Dose 10
Absorbed Dose 10 :
Radiation and Radiological Disasters. The amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material at the target site; in radiation therapy, the former unit for absorbed dose is the rad; the current (S.I.) unit is the gray. (05 Mar 2000). Absorbed dose (also known as total ionizing dose, TID) is a measure of the energy deposited in a medium by ionizing radiation per unit mass, which may be measured as joules per kilogram when it is represented by the equivalent SI unit, gray (Gy). The CGS units, rad and rep are also used. The absorbed dose from a given level of incident radiation depends on the absorbing medium. For instance, a soft X-ray beam may deposit four times more dose in bone than in air, or none at all in a vacuum. An OSH glossary used in safety and health at work which is, adopted by ILO
