absorbed dose
121Monitor unit — A monitor unit (MU) is a measure of machine output of a linear accelerator in radiation therapy. Linear accelerators are calibrated to give a particular absorbed dose under particular conditions. One standard calibration is such that 100 MU gives …
122Radiological Physics Center — Mission Statement= The mission of the Radiological Physics Center (RPC) is to assure NCI and the Cooperative Groups that institutions participating in clinical trials deliver prescribed radiation doses that are clinically comparable and… …
123MGY — or a variant thereof is used as an acronym or abbreviation for: MGy, megagray: 106 gray, an SI unit of absorbed dose mGy, milligray: 10–3 gray, an SI unit of absorbed dose mgy, MGY, mmgy, MMgy, or MMGY: Million gallons per year. MGY as a callsign …
124РАД — (рад, rad, сокр. от англ. radiation absorbed dose поглощённая доза излучения), внесистемная ед. поглощённой дозы излучения, соответствует энергии излучения 100 эрг, поглощённой веществом массой 1 г. 1 рад = 100 эрг/г = 0,01 грэй=2,388•10 6 кал/г …
125Gray — /gray/, n. 1. Asa /ay seuh/, 1810 88, U.S. botanist. 2. Thomas, 1716 71, English poet. * * * (as used in expressions) gray fox Gray Asa Gray Thomas Otis Harrison Gray Anne Gray Harvey * * * ▪ physics unit of absorbed dose of i …
126rad1 — (rad) [acronym for radiation absorbed dose] a unit of measurement of the absorbed dose of ionizing radiation; it corresponds to an energy transfer of 100 ergs per gram of any absorbing material (including tissues). The biological effect of 1 rad… …
127rad — rad1 abbreviation radian(s). rad2 noun informal a political radical. rad3 noun Physics a unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, corresponding to the absorption of 0.01 joule per kilogram of absorbing material. Origin early 20th cent.:… …
128gray — n. the SI unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, being the absorbed dose when the energy per unit mass imparted to matter by ionizing radiation is 1 joule per kilogram. It has replaced the rad. Symbol: Gy …
