Radiation Biology Lab
Dose · weighting · tissue effects
Radiation Biology Lab
Absorbed dose
—
D, in the irradiated region
Equivalent dose
—
H = D × wR
Effective dose
—
E = Σ wT × H
Added cancer risk
—
LNT · 5.5% per Sv
Tissue reactions
—
deterministic
Full screen
Radiation
Neutron energy
Source
Region
Absorbed dose
Delivery
Oxygen
Presets
Body and tissue reactions
Dose scale
log scale
D absorbed
E effective
Gy = Sv for x-rays
Cell level
What's happening