The health risk from radiation exposure can be assessed by the use of effective dose (E), or
effective dose equivalent (EDE)(HE), recommended by the International Commission on …

Radiation protection is important for radiation workers, members of the general public, and
patients receiving medical procedures involving ionizing radiation. In nuclear medicine …

[en] The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the International
Commission on Radiation Units and MEasurements (ICRU) recommended basic and …

Quantification of the amount of radiation received by a potentially radiosensitive site is
essential to the characterization of the possible risks of the exposure. The principal quantity …

Title 10 Part 20 of the Code of Federal regulations requires that nuclear power plant
licensees evaluate worker radiation exposure using a risk-based methodology termed the …

T he term “internal dosimetry” has always held a certain mystery about it that has confused
and confounded many health physicists for a long time. It is an unfortunate term that …

Effective dose (E) was introduced by the International Commission of Radiological
Protection (ICRP) to provide a summation of radiation doses to tissues and organs for …

Effective dose was introduced by the ICRP for the single, over-arching purpose of setting
limits for radiation protection. Effective dose is a derived quantity or mathematical construct …

INTRODUCTION be applied...... For significant exposures that are deemed abnormal,
according to the recommendations in The International Commission on Radiological ICRP …

Radiation dosimetry is important for characterizing radiation exposures and for risk
assessment. In a medical setting, dosimetry is important for evaluating the safety of …