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RADIATION UNITS
Dr. Amina Abdul Rahman
JR, Dept. of Radiotherapy
Radiation units
• Units of Radioactivity
Curie
Becquerel
• Units of Radiation doses
1) Units of Exposure
Roentgen
C/kg
2) Units of Absorption
Physical dose – Rad/ Gray
Biological dose – rem/seivert
Units of radioactivity
• Curie: corresponds to activity of 1 gram of Radium 226
• Original unit
• 1 Curie = 3.7 x 1010 radioactive decay per second
• SI unit is Becquerel
• 1 Bq = 1 radioactive decay per second
= 2.703 x 10-11 Ci
• Also as a measure of quantity of radioactive material
i.e. the no. of atoms that will produce 1 Ci of radiation is
N = 3.7 x 1010
ƛ
• 1 gram of Cobalt 60 prod 44 TBq of radioactivity
883µg of 60Co produces 1 Ci of radiation
Unit of Exposure X
• Measure of ionization produced in air by photons
• Cannot measure photon energies more than 3 MeV
• The actual amount of energy that reaches the body
• Exposure = Total no. of ions of one sign
mass of air
• SI unit is C/kg
• Special unit is Roentgen
• Roentgen is defined as the quantity of radiation which
liberates by ionization one esu of electricity per cm3 of air
under standard temp and pressure.
1 Roentgen = 2.58 x 10-4 C/kg
Absorption Dose D
• Physical Dose
• Amount of energy deposited in a unit mass of human
tissue or medium
• Original unit is rad
1 rad = 100 erg/g
• SI unit is Gray
1 Gray = 1 J/kg
1 Gray = 100 rad
How is exposure and
absorbed dose related?
• Conversion factor is the F factor
• It converts the amount of exposure in Roentgen to the
amount of absorbed dose in rad
• F factor depends on the effective Z of the medium and the
type of ionizing radiation used
• F factor for air and soft tissue is nearly 1
• While for bone it is 4
Equivalent Dose H
• Biological dose/effective dose/committed dose
• Represents stochastic biological effects of ionising
radiation
• It is a weighted average of absorbed dose taking into
account both the type f ionising radiation and the type of
medium
• Conversion factor is the Q factor
• x rays and gamma rays 1
alpha rays 20
neutrons 5 – 20
Equivalent dose H
H = Q factor x D
• cgs unit is rem (roentgen equivalent in man)
• SI unit is sievert
• 1 sievert = 100 rem
Effective Dose Equivalent
• Co relates a dose to a specific tissue to a
equivalent risk factor from whole body dose
• Tissue weighting factor WT
• Effective Dose Equivalent = Equivalent dose x WT
ORGAN WT
GONADS 0.2
COLON 0.12
RED BONE MARROW 0.12
LUNG 0.12
STOMACH 0.12
BLADDER 0.05
CHEST 0.05
LIVER 0.05
THYROID 0.05
ESOPHAGUS 0.05
SKIN 0.01
BONE SURFACE 0.01
OTHERS 0.05
Environmental Radiation limits
• Radiation worker limit 5 rem/yr
• Pregnancy 0.05 rem/ month
• Public 1 rem/yr
kerma
• Acronym for Kinetic Energy released per unit mass
• K = sum of kinetic energy all charged particle liberated
by ionizing radiation per unit weight of matter
• K = dE
dm
• Unit is J/kg
• It is different from absorbed dose as some of the kinetic
energy escapes from the absorbing volume
FLUENCE
• Fluence is the particle flux or radiative flux integrated
over time
• Fluence = total no. of particles that intersect a unit area in
a specified time
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Radiation units

  • 1. RADIATION UNITS Dr. Amina Abdul Rahman JR, Dept. of Radiotherapy
  • 2. Radiation units • Units of Radioactivity Curie Becquerel • Units of Radiation doses 1) Units of Exposure Roentgen C/kg 2) Units of Absorption Physical dose – Rad/ Gray Biological dose – rem/seivert
  • 3. Units of radioactivity • Curie: corresponds to activity of 1 gram of Radium 226 • Original unit • 1 Curie = 3.7 x 1010 radioactive decay per second • SI unit is Becquerel • 1 Bq = 1 radioactive decay per second = 2.703 x 10-11 Ci • Also as a measure of quantity of radioactive material i.e. the no. of atoms that will produce 1 Ci of radiation is N = 3.7 x 1010 ƛ • 1 gram of Cobalt 60 prod 44 TBq of radioactivity 883µg of 60Co produces 1 Ci of radiation
  • 4. Unit of Exposure X • Measure of ionization produced in air by photons • Cannot measure photon energies more than 3 MeV • The actual amount of energy that reaches the body • Exposure = Total no. of ions of one sign mass of air • SI unit is C/kg • Special unit is Roentgen
  • 5. • Roentgen is defined as the quantity of radiation which liberates by ionization one esu of electricity per cm3 of air under standard temp and pressure. 1 Roentgen = 2.58 x 10-4 C/kg
  • 6.
  • 7. Absorption Dose D • Physical Dose • Amount of energy deposited in a unit mass of human tissue or medium • Original unit is rad 1 rad = 100 erg/g • SI unit is Gray 1 Gray = 1 J/kg 1 Gray = 100 rad
  • 8. How is exposure and absorbed dose related? • Conversion factor is the F factor • It converts the amount of exposure in Roentgen to the amount of absorbed dose in rad • F factor depends on the effective Z of the medium and the type of ionizing radiation used • F factor for air and soft tissue is nearly 1 • While for bone it is 4
  • 9. Equivalent Dose H • Biological dose/effective dose/committed dose • Represents stochastic biological effects of ionising radiation • It is a weighted average of absorbed dose taking into account both the type f ionising radiation and the type of medium • Conversion factor is the Q factor • x rays and gamma rays 1 alpha rays 20 neutrons 5 – 20
  • 10. Equivalent dose H H = Q factor x D • cgs unit is rem (roentgen equivalent in man) • SI unit is sievert • 1 sievert = 100 rem
  • 11. Effective Dose Equivalent • Co relates a dose to a specific tissue to a equivalent risk factor from whole body dose • Tissue weighting factor WT • Effective Dose Equivalent = Equivalent dose x WT
  • 12. ORGAN WT GONADS 0.2 COLON 0.12 RED BONE MARROW 0.12 LUNG 0.12 STOMACH 0.12 BLADDER 0.05 CHEST 0.05 LIVER 0.05 THYROID 0.05 ESOPHAGUS 0.05 SKIN 0.01 BONE SURFACE 0.01 OTHERS 0.05
  • 13.
  • 14. Environmental Radiation limits • Radiation worker limit 5 rem/yr • Pregnancy 0.05 rem/ month • Public 1 rem/yr
  • 15. kerma • Acronym for Kinetic Energy released per unit mass • K = sum of kinetic energy all charged particle liberated by ionizing radiation per unit weight of matter • K = dE dm • Unit is J/kg • It is different from absorbed dose as some of the kinetic energy escapes from the absorbing volume
  • 16. FLUENCE • Fluence is the particle flux or radiative flux integrated over time • Fluence = total no. of particles that intersect a unit area in a specified time
  • 17.