Radiation Quantities and Units

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  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
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  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