Open main menu

Changes

Tissue weighting factor

4 bytes added, 20:46, 26 February 2021
no edit summary
[[File:Glossary Icon-2.png|100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary]]
The factor by which the equivalent dose in a tissue or organ T is weighted to represent the relative contribution of that tissue or organ to the total, stochastic health detriment resulting from uniform irradiation of the body. It is weighted such that:
 [[File:sumwT1.PNG|none|100px]]
'''Return to [[ICRP Glossary|Glossary]]'''