%20(12188087435).jpg)
dosimetry
thumb|Joanna Izewska gives Ambassador Frank Recker and his delegation a tour of the IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory. Radiation dosimetry in the fields of health physics and radiation protection is the measurement, calculation and assessment of the ionizing radiation dose absorbed by an object, usually the human body. This applies both internally, due to ingested or inhaled radioactive substances, or externally due to irradiation by sources of radiation.
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Measuring radiation dose
- External dose
- Internal dose
- Medical dosimetry
- Environmental dosimetry
- Radiation exposure monitoring
- Measures of dose
- Units of measure
- Equivalent dose
- Effective dose
- Dose versus source or field strength
- Background radiation
- Calibration standards for measuring instruments
- Radiation-related quantities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Joanna Izewska gives Ambassador Frank Recker and his delegation a tour of the IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory. Radiation dosimetry in the fields of health physics and radiation protection is the measurement, calculation and assessment of the ionizing radiation dose absorbed by an object, usually the human body. This applies both internally, due to ingested or inhaled radioactive substances, or externally due to irradiation by sources of radiation.
Internal dosimetry assessment relies on a variety of monitoring, bio-assay or radiation imaging techniques, whilst external dosimetry is based on measurements with a dosimeter, or inferred from measurements made by other radiological protection instruments.