Dose conversion coefficient

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A coefficient relating a dose quantity to a physical quantity, both for internal and external radiation exposure. In internal dosimetry, this term is also called a dose coefficient.

(ICRP Publication 123, 2013)

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from ICRP Publication 117, 2010

Conversion coefficients are defined as the ratio of the dose to a specified tissue or effective dose divided by the normalisation quantity. Incident air kerma, entrance surface air kerma, and kerma-area product can be used as normalisation quantities.

from ICRP Publication 116, 2010

A coefficient relating a dose quantity to a physical quantity, both for internal and external radiation exposure. For external exposure, the physical quantity ‘fluence’ or ‘air kerma’ is chosen. In internal dosimetry, this term is also called a ‘dose coefficient’.