Radiation Quantities and Units

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Across
  1. 3. → Concept related to radiation weighting factor (LET)
  2. 4. → SI unit used to measure exposure in air
  3. 5. → Internationally accepted unit for exposure in 1937
  4. 8. → Unit commonly used to measure occupational exposure
  5. 9. → Amount of radiation energy deposited in tissue
  6. 10. → Measurement system adopted in 1985
  7. 11. → Traditional unit for dose equivalence
  8. 12. → Total radiation dose multiplied by exposed area (mGy·cm²)
  9. 13. → Device used to measure radiation exposure of workers
  10. 15. → Threshold dose used for radiation protection in the 1930s
  11. 16. → Absorbed dose adjusted for radiation type
  12. 17. → Measurement of ionization intensity in air, expressed in C/kg
  13. 18. Value used to account for radiation type in dose calculations
  14. 19. → Radiation protection concept established in the 1970s
  15. 20. → SI unit of absorbed dose
Down
  1. 1. → Early radiation unit used between 1900–1930
  2. 2. → Radiation protection guideline used in the 1950s (MPD)
  3. 6. → Best measure of overall biological risk
  4. 7. → Accounts for organ sensitivity in dose calculations
  5. 14. → SI unit used for equivalent and effective dose