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- 17:40, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+325) N Bradycardia (Created page with "A condition where an individual has a resting heart rate typically under 60 beats per minute. Depending on the heart rate and the presence or absence of symptoms or an underly...")
- 17:39, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+684) N Biomedical research volunteer (Created page with "Person volunteered with full informed consent as a subject of biomedical research, e.g. causing radiation exposure of the subject. He/she may get or may not get a direct medic...")
- 17:38, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-32) ICRP Glossary
- 17:36, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+426) N Autoimmune disease (Created page with "A condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a normal body part. Such a response results from the inability of the immune system to distinguish self from non-self....")
- 17:35, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+323) N Angiogenesis (Created page with "Growth and development of new blood vessels, from pre-existing blood vessels, which can be mediated through tumour angiogenesis factor. Angiogenesis can be a normal physiologi...")
- 17:35, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+252) N Alveolar-interstitial region (Created page with "The distal part of the respiratory tract, consisting of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and sacs with their alveoli, and the interstitial connective tissue; i.e. t...")
- 17:34, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+202) N Alimentary tract (Created page with "All structures, largely tubular, from mouth to anus in which ingested materialis transported and/or digested and possibly absorbed into the circulatory system. ''ICRP Glo...")
- 17:33, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+233) N Adventitious (Created page with "Radiation exposure that is incidental to the use of, rather than a function of the design of, apparatus and devices emitting ionising radiation. (Adapted from ICRP Publicat...")
- 17:30, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-136) ICRP Glossary
- 17:24, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+303) N Transfer compartment (Created page with "The compartment introduced for mathematical convenience into many of the biokinetic models previously used by ICRP to account for the translocation of radioactive material thr...")
- 17:23, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+169) N Transfer rate (Created page with "Normalized time rate of transfer of a given material from one system (e.g. organ, organism, compartment, enclosure) to another. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:23, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-7) ICRP Glossary
- 17:22, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+178) N Track structure (Created page with "Spatial patterns of energy deposition in matter along the track from the passage of ionising radiation. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:21, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-17) ICRP Glossary
- 17:20, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+141) N Threshold dose for tissue reactions (Created page with "Dose estimated to result in only 1% incidence of tissue reactions. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:19, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-65) ICRP Glossary
- 17:19, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+4) Target region
- 17:18, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+153) N Target region (Created page with "Organ or tissue region of the body in which a radiation absorbed dose in received. (ICRP Publication, 2015) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:18, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+20) ICRP Glossary
- 17:17, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+471) N Target tissue (Created page with "Organs or tissues in the body for which tissue weighting factors are assigned in the effective dose. In many cases, each target tissue T corresponds to a single target region...")
- 17:16, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+472) N Substantial radiation dose level (Created page with "An appropriately selected reference value used to trigger additional dose management actions during a procedure and medical follow-up for a radiation level that might produce...")
- 17:15, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-173) ICRP Glossary
- 17:11, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+203) N Radiation modifier (Created page with "A substance (e.g. drug) which in itself does not evoke an effect on cells or tissues, but which changes the effect of radiation. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Gl...")
- 17:10, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-130) ICRP Glossary
- 17:09, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+661) N Peak skin dose (Created page with "The maximum absorbed dose to the most heavily exposed localised region of skin (i.e. the localised region of skin that lies within the primary x-ray beam for the longest perio...")
- 17:06, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+458) N Particle radiance (Created page with "The quotient of <math>d\dot{Φ}</math> by <math>dΩ</math>, where <math>d\dot{Φ}</math> ̇is the fluence rate of particles propagating within a solid angle <math>dΩ</math> a...")
- 16:57, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-51) ICRP Glossary
- 16:57, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+333) N Non-sphericity parameter (Created page with "The ratio of surface area of a sphere to that of a non-spherical body of equal mass, i.e. η = A<sub>0</sub>/A. (with regard to ellipsoids, such non-spherical shapes are defin...")
- 16:56, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-93) ICRP Glossary
- 16:54, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+291) N Linear-non-threshold model (Created page with "A dose-response model which is based on the assumption that, in the low dose range, radiation doses greater than zero will increase the risk of excess cancer and/or heritable...")
- 16:54, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-37) ICRP Glossary
- 16:09, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+521) N Lineal energy (Created page with "The quotient of <math>ε_i</math> by <math>\bar{l}</math>, where <math>ε_i</math> is the energy imparted to the matter in a given volume by a single energy-deposition event...")
- 14:00, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-12) List of ICRP Publications on Radiological Protection in Healthcare
- 13:54, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-22) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 13:13, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-91) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 13:01, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-67) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 19:49, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-24) ICRP Glossary
- 19:48, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+5) Iso-effect plots
- 19:48, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+163) N Iso-effect plots (Created page with "Doses for equal effect (e.g. ED<sub>50</sub>) plotted against dose per fraction or dose rate. (Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 19:47, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-184) ICRP Glossary
- 19:46, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-10) Fractionation sensitivity
- 19:45, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+18) ICRP Glossary
- 19:44, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+283) N Fractionation sensitivity (Created page with "The dependence of the iso-effective radiation dose on the dose per fraction. Usually quantified by the α/β ratio – a high fractionation sensitivity is characterised by a l...")
- 19:43, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+211) N Fractionation (Created page with "The dose in radiotherapy based on the total dose divided into a particular number of (usually) daily or shorter treatments. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''[...")
- 19:42, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-104) ICRP Glossary
- 19:41, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+283) N Exposure, external or internal (Created page with "The state or condition of being subject to irradiation. External exposure is exposure to radiation from a source outside the body and internal exposure is exposure to radiatio...")
- 19:41, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-3) ICRP Glossary
- 19:39, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Equivalent dose
- 19:39, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+480) N Equivalent dose (Created page with "The equivalent dose in an organ or tissue is given by: <div style='text-align: center;'> <math> H_T = \displaystyle \sum_{R} w_RD_{R,T} </math> </div where D<sub>R,T</sub> i...")
- 19:36, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-71) ICRP Glossary
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