Radiation Quantities & Units

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Across
  1. 2. ________ reactions to irradiation that occur within minutes, hours, days, or weeks
  2. 3. SI unit for absorbed dose and air kerma
  3. 6. amount of energy transferred by incident radiation to an object per unit length of travel
  4. 8. measures amount of energy absorbed by an object
  5. 10. the first American fatality due to irradiation in 1904
  6. 13. measurement of biologic effects taking into account of type of radiation and the type of tissue irradiated
Down
  1. 1. A modifying factor used in calculating dose equivalence that denotes the specific ability of a dose of radiation to cause biologic damage
  2. 4. measurement of the sum of the air kerma over the exposed area of the patient's surface
  3. 5. _________ reactions to irradiation that occur months or years after irradiation
  4. 7. measurement of biologic effects taking into account the type of radiation
  5. 9. SI unit for equivalent and effective dose
  6. 11. this quantity of radiation measures ionization of atoms in the air and is measured in C/kg
  7. 12. A high-LET radiation has a ________ quality factor