Depth dose, relative

Term from radiologyIn the wider sense "the medical study of radiation", consist.... Ratio of an absorbed doseThe absorbed dose D is the quotient of the average energy tr... in a certain depth within the body to an absorbed doseThe absorbed dose D is the quotient of the average energy tr... at a reference point of the body at the central ray. In the case of x-radiationPenetrating electromagnetic radiation. X-radiation is genera... or gamma radiationHighly-energetic, short-wave electromagnetic radiation emitt..., the localization of the reference point depends on the radiationEnergy dispersion through matter or space. In atomic physics... energyAbility to do work or diffuse heat. The unit of energy is th.... For low energies it is at the surface, for high energies at the point of the highest value of the absorbed doseThe absorbed dose D is the quotient of the average energy tr....