The phrase
"radiation dosage" refers to the amount of radiation a person or object receives. It is a measure of how much exposure to radiation has occurred.
Full definition
Puff by puff, the poison builds up to the equivalent
radiation dosage of 300 chest x-rays a year for a person who smokes one and a half packs a day.
CRaTER's seminal measurements now provide quantified, radiation hazard data from lunar orbit and can be used to
calculate radiation dosage from deep space down to airline altitudes.
Before CRaTER's long - term radiation measurements were derived using a material called «tissue - equivalent plastic» — a stand - in for human muscle capable of
gauging radiation dosage — those hazards were not sufficiently well characterized to determine if long missions outside low - Earth orbit can be accomplished with acceptable risk.
Laboratory experiments also demonstrate that atomic addition reactions — similar to those assumed to occur in interstellar clouds — play a role in synthesizing complex molecules by subjecting ices containing simpler molecules such as water, carbon dioxide, and methanol to
ionizing radiation dosages.
He remarked that NASA recently increased the permitted
lifetime radiation dosage for its crews, so part of the problem was solved «by a simple policy decision.»
They
found radiation dosage varied widely between different types of CT studies, from a median or midpoint of 2 millisieverts for a routine head CT scan to 31 millisieverts for a scan of the abdomen and pelvis, which often involves taking multiple images of the same organ.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston • MA 1988 — 2006 Nuclear Medicine Technologist - General, Cardiology and PETCT Provided caring approach for patient radiation intake, and effectively calculated, measured and
recorded radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
If this works out, the patients will have the radiation level measured in their teeth before they receive a bone marrow transplant and again after a certain number of treatments to see if they are in line with
the radiation dosage technicians think they are giving the patients, she says.
Based on two prior foundational studies by the authors,
radiation dosage was assessed for organ doses, effective dose, and risk index within nine pediatric age - size groups.
The review is followed by a commentary from a former member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, providing the reader with easily understandable information about the concept of
radiation dosage.