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15:49, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Orphan source (Created page with "A radioactive source that is not under regulatory control, either because it has never been under regulatory control, or because it has been abandoned, lost, misplaced, stolen...")
15:48, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Optimisation (Created page with "The process of determining what level of protection and safety makes exposures, and the probability and magnitude of potential exposures, as low as reasonably achievable with...")
15:34, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Occupational exposure (Created page with "Radiation exposure incurred at work as a result of situations that can reasonably be regarded as being the responsibility of the operating management. ([[ICRP Publication 103]...")
15:30, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Naturally occurring radioactive material (Created page with "Material containing no significant amounts of radionuclides other than naturally occurring radionuclides, that may be raw material or material in which the activity concentrat...")
15:25, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Mitigation (Created page with "Actions to reduce the risk or severity of consequences of radiation effects, applied during or shortly after exposure. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP...")
15:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Member of the public (Created page with "Any individual who receives an exposure that is neither occupational nor medical. (ICRP Publication 103, para 191) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
15:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Magnetosphere (Created page with "The Earth’s magnetic dipole field that extends over a distance from Earth up to approximately 75,000 km around the geomagnetic equator. Charged particles in a specific energ...")
15:22, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Low Earth orbit (Created page with "Orbit in space near to the Earth where astronauts are protected against parts of particles of galactic and solar origin by the Earth’s magnetic field. The shielding depends...")
15:21, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Low level waste (Created page with "Radioactive waste that may include high levels of activity concentration of short-lived radionuclides but only relatively low levels of activity concentration of long-lived ra...")
15:19, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Kp index (Created page with "Index quantifying disturbances in the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field with a number in the range 0–9, with 1 being calm and ≥5 indicating a geomagnetic...")
15:17, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Justification (Created page with "The process of determining whether: (i) a planned activity involving radiation is beneficial overall (i.e. whether the benefits to individuals and to society from introducing...")
15:13, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Itinerant (radiation) worker (Created page with "An occupationally exposed individual who works in supervised areas or controlled areas at various locations and who is not an employee of the management of the facility where...")
15:11, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Intervention Level (Created page with "A level of avertable dose at which a specific protective action is taken in an emergency or a situation of chronic exposure. Its role was replaced, in the 2007 recommendations...")
15:10, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Intermediate level waste (Created page with "Radioactive waste that contains long-lived radionuclides, in quantities that need a greater degree of containment and isolation from the biosphere than that provided by near s...")
15:09, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Institutional control (Created page with "Control of a radioactive waste site by an authority or institution designated under the laws of a State. This control may be active (monitoring, surveillance, remedial work) o...")
14:52, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Incident (Created page with "Any unintended event whose consequences or potential consequences are not negligible from the point of view of protection and safety. (Adapted from [https://www.iaea.org/resou...")
14:51, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page High level waste (Created page with "Radioactive waste with a high activity concentration of both short- and long- lived radionuclides typically in the range of 10<sup>4</sup> to 10<sup>6</sup> TBq/m<sup>3</sup>....")
14:50, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Heliosphere (Created page with "The space around the Sun and its planets that is filled by solar particles emitted from the Sun (the solar wind) and the corresponding solar magnetic field. (ICRP Publicatio...")
14:49, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Hazard (Created page with "The potential to cause harmful effects. Note that hazard is distinct from risk, which defines the likelihood of harm occurring from a defined set of circumstances. (Adapted fr...")
14:48, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Exemption level (Created page with "A value established by a regulatory body and expressed in terms of activity concentration, total activity, dose rate or radiation energy, at or below which, a source or activi...")
14:47, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Exempt waste (Created page with "Waste that does not meet the criteria for regulatory control in accordance with applicable standards. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:46, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Environmental radiation protection (Created page with "Measures taken to prevent or reduce the frequency of deleterious radiation effects in animals and plants (biota) in their natural environment to a level where they would have...")
14:45, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Emergency procedures (Created page with "A set of instructions describing in detail the actions to be taken by responders in an emergency. (Adapted from [https://www.iaea.org/resources/safety-standards/safety-glossar...")
14:44, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Emergency preparedness (Created page with "The capability to take actions that will effectively mitigate the consequences of an emergency for human life, health, property and the environment. (Adapted from [https://www...")
14:36, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Emergency plan (Created page with "A description of the objectives, policy and concept of operations for the response to postulated emergency events and related scenarios, including the structure, authorities a...")
14:33, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Emergency (Created page with "A non-routine situation or event that necessitates prompt action primarily to mitigate a hazard or adverse consequences for human life, health, property and the environment. T...")
14:32, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Disposal Facility (Created page with "An engineered facility for the disposal of radioactive waste without the intention of retrieval. It represents natural and artificial structures as a whole, including the empl...")
14:31, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Disposal (Created page with "Emplacement of radioactive waste in an appropriate facility without the intention of retrieval. ([https://www.iaea.org/resources/safety-standards/safety-glossary IAEA Glossary...")
14:30, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Authorised Discharge (Created page with "A planned and controlled release to the environment within limits authorized by the regulatory body, of liquid or gaseous radioactive material that originate from regulated fa...")
14:29, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Dichotomous (Created page with "The different and contrasting social perceptions of different exposure situations and their subsequent, consequent controls. (ICRP Publication 104, 2007) ''ICRP Glossa...")
14:28, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Decommissioning (Created page with "An authorised process involving administrative and technical actions taken to allow the removal of some or all of the regulatory controls from a facility where no further use...")
14:28, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Cost-benefit analysis (Created page with "A quantitative decision-aiding technique to assess benefits and costs of undertaking an action, including the cost of the radiological detriment and the cost of protective act...")
14:27, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Radiological Controlled Area (Created page with "A defined area in which specific protection measures and safety provisions are, or could be, required for controlling exposures or preventing the spread of contamination durin...")
14:25, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Clearance level (Created page with "A value established by a regulatory body and expressed in terms of activity concentration and/or total activity, at or below which radioactive material, which has been regulat...")
14:24, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Bioturbation (Created page with "The mixing of sediment or soil by organisms, especially by burrowing or boring. (ICRP Publication 114, 2009) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Best Available Techniques (Created page with "The most effective and advanced available techniques that will prevent, or where not practicable, reduce as much as possible, emissions and discharges to the environment. ''...")
14:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Benthic (Created page with "Pertaining to the fauna and flora at the bottom of the sea, lake, river or stream (ICRP Publication 124, 2014) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:22, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Authorized limit (Created page with "A value of a quantity used for specific activities or circumstances, laid down by a competent authority that should not be exceeded. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:22, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Authorization (Created page with "Official permission from a regulatory body or other competent authority to carry out specified activities. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:22, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Area monitoring (Created page with "A type of monitoring in which measurements are made at points of interest within a specific area. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
14:21, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Access Control (Created page with "Restriction on access into certain designated areas (e.g. a controlled area) to facilitate radiological protection management and the security of radiation sources. ''ICRP...")
14:21, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Acceptance test (Created page with "A test carried out after new equipment has been installed or major modifications have been made to existing equipment, in order to verify compliance with the manufacturer’s...")
14:13, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Thyroid blocking (Created page with "Administration of a compound of stable iodine (usually potassium iodide) to prevent or reduce the unwanted uptake of radioactive isotopes of iodine by the thyroid in the event...")
14:10, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Telangiectasia (Created page with "Pathologically dilated capillaries and very small arteries which can be observed as a late complication in irradiated tissues and organs. It is also associated with certain co...")
14:09, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Tachycardia (Created page with "A heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate. In general, a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute in adults. Tachycardias may or may not require treatment. (Adapte...")
14:02, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Stenosis (Created page with "Narrowing of a hollow structure such as the artery, vessel, alimentary tract, bile duct, ureter and spinal canal. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 120, 2012) ''ICRP Glos...")
14:01, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Scintigraphy (Created page with "Nuclear medicine imaging procedure using a gamma camera to obtain images of the radioactive tracer distribution in the body. Also, known as gamma scan. ''ICRP Glossary e...")
13:59, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Radiofrequency ablation (Created page with "A procedure using radiofrequency to destroy tissue. In cardiology, one or more catheters are guided via fluoroscopy to the heart muscle, and a burst of radiofrequency energy d...")
13:53, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Patient entrance reference point (Created page with "The position at which the cumulative air kerma for interventional x-ray equipment is measured in order to reasonably represent the air kerma incident on the patient’s skin s...")
13:51, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Edema (Created page with "Abnormal interstitial accumulation of fluid; for example, pulmonary oedema refers to a build up of fluid in the lungs. (Adapted from ICRPPublication 118, 2012) ''ICRP...")
13:42, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Multistage tumorigenesis (Created page with "Stepwise transformation of cells resulting from the accumulation of multiple mutations that lead to the development of tumour from a single (target) cell. (Adapted from ICRP...")
13:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Medical exposure (Created page with "Radiation exposure incurred by patients as part of their own medical or dental diagnosis or treatment; by persons other than those occupationally exposed knowingly while volun...")
13:23, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Lymphatic system (Created page with "Part of the vascular system and an important part of the immune system, comprising a network of fine lymphatic vessels that collects tissue fluids from all over the body which...")
13:22, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Interventional procedure (Created page with "Medical procedures performed under medical imaging (e.g. fluoroscopic, CT, US or MRI) guidance. (also see “fluoroscopic guided procedures”) ''ICRP Glossary entry -...")
13:20, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Immune system (Created page with "A host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. An immune system detects a wide variety of agents,...")
13:20, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Created page with "Increased muscle thickening in the heart leading to less effective pumping of the blood. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
13:19, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Hyperbaric oxygen (Created page with "High oxygen pressures (2–3 atmospheres), which can be used to enhance tissue oxygen availability in radiotherapy. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Gl...")
13:18, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Fluoroscopically guided interventions (Created page with "Minimal invasive procedures comprising fluoroscopic guided therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, by percutaneous, endoscopic or other access, usually performed under local...")
13:17, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Erythropoietin (Created page with "Cytokine that stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bone marrow. It regulates erythrocyte levels and stimulates late erythroid progenitor cells to form...")
13:16, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Endogeneous excretion (Created page with "Excretion of materials originating from body fluids; e.g. into the gastrointestinal system, the biliary system or the renal collecting system. ''ICRP Glossary entry - M...")
13:16, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Electrophysiology (Created page with "Electrophysiology is the branch of physiology that involves the study of electrical activities within the body and the effects of these electrical activities; e.g. image guide...")
13:13, 10 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page DNA damage signalling (Created page with "Interacting biochemical processes which recognise and respond to DNA damage in cells, e.g., by causing the arrest of the reproductive cell cycle. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007...")
17:49, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Coronary heart disease (Created page with "Narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscles. Symptoms depend on the degree of narrowing and on whether the narrowing is acute or prog...")
17:48, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Connective tissue (Created page with "The tissues of the body that bind together and support various structures of the body. Examples are ligaments, tendons, bone, cartilage, and muscle. (Adapted from ICRP Publi...")
17:46, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Cardioverter-defibrillator (Created page with "A battery powered device typically implanted similarly to a pacemaker, which can monitor heart rate and rhythm and deliver electrical therapy such as shocks in response to sus...")
17:43, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Cardiomyopathy (Created page with "A disease of the heart muscle that often, but not always, results in a weakening of the pumping strength and dilatation or thickening (hypertrophy) of the left ventricle. (Ada...")
17:42, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Cardiac valve diseases (Created page with "A variety of abnormalities to one or more of the four heart valves including stenosis and insufficiencies like mitral stenosis and tricuspid regurgitation. Diseases may be inb...")
17:41, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Cardiac arrhythmias (Created page with "A condition in which hear rates are too slow (i.e. under 60 beats per minute), too fast (i.e. above 100 beats per minute) or irregular (e.g. atrial fibrillation), usually attr...")
17:40, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
17:36, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Adventitious Source (Created page with "Apparatus or devices that incidentally emits ionising radiation in their use, rather than by design. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
17:33, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
17:24, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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''")
17:22, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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''")
17:20, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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''")
17:18, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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''")
17:17, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
17:11, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
17:09, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
16:54, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
16:09, 7 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
19:48, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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''")
19:45, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Α/β ratio (Created page with "A measure of the curvature of the cell survival curve and a measure of the sensitivity of a tissue to dose fractionation. Also, the dose at which the linear and quadratic comp...")
19:44, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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) ''[...")
19:41, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
19:39, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page 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...")
19:35, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Effective dose equivalent (Created page with "The tissue weighted sum of dose equivalent to an organ or tissue from all specified organs and tissues of the body, given by the expression <div style='text-align: center;'>...")
19:30, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Effect Dose 50 (Created page with "Radiation dose that is estimated to produce a specified (normal tissue) effect in 50% of irradiated subjects (‘effect dose – 50%’). (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''...")
19:28, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Dose–response function (Created page with "A particular function used to represent the absorbed dose in a target region per particle fluence in that region, derived using models of the microscopic structure of the targ...")
19:28, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Dose-rate effect (Created page with "Decreasing radiation response with decreasing radiation dose rate. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
19:27, 6 June 2019 Intern (talk | contribs) created page Dose rate effectiveness factor (Created page with "The ratio between the risk per unit effective dose for high dose rates and that for low dose rates (superseded by dose and dose rate effectiveness factor, DDREF). ([https://ww...")

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