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- 17:37, 12 August 2021 Multitarget equation (hist) [692 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Model that assumes the presence of a number of critical targets in a cell, all of which require inactivat...")
- 17:31, 12 August 2021 Multifactorial diseases (hist) [226 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Diseases that are attributable to multiple genetic and environmental factors. ((ICRP Publication 103...")
- 17:29, 12 August 2021 Multi-detector computed tomography (hist) [804 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary MDCT systems are CT scanners with a detector array consisting of more than a single row of detectors. The...")
- 17:28, 12 August 2021 Mean glandular dose (hist) [902 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary In mammography D<sub>G</sub> is the mean absorbed dose in the glandular tissue of the breast. Glandular t...")
- 16:50, 12 August 2021 National DRL (hist) [508 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary DRL value set in a country based on data from a representative sample of healthcare facilities in that co...")
- 16:48, 12 August 2021 Local DRL (hist) [703 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A DRL for an x-ray procedure set in healthcare facilities within part of a country for a defined clinica...")
- 16:46, 12 August 2021 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (hist) [479 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Advanced mode of high-precision radiotherapy that uses computer-controlled linear accelerators to deliver...")
- 16:44, 12 August 2021 Hyperfractionation (hist) [507 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Significant reduction in dose per fraction below a conventional level of 1.8–2.0 Gy to give a greater t...")
- 16:43, 12 August 2021 Hounsfield unit (hist) [703 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Number used to represent the mean x-ray attenuation associated with each elemental area of the CT image....")
- 16:31, 12 August 2021 Growth factor (hist) [623 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An organic molecule that stimulates cell proliferation when it binds to its cellsurface receptor. Often s...")
- 16:28, 12 August 2021 Graft vs host disease (hist) [346 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary In transplants, reaction by immunologically competent cells of the donor against the antigens present on...")
- 16:27, 12 August 2021 GATA binding protein 2 (hist) [321 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Master regulatory gene encoding for zinc finger DNA binding domain transcription factors/regulatory gene/...")
- 16:26, 12 August 2021 Gastroschisis (hist) [291 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A congenital defect characterised by a defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which the abdominal...")
- 16:25, 12 August 2021 Gastrulation (hist) [354 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Early phase in the embryonic development of most animals, during which the single-layered blastula is re-...")
- 16:24, 12 August 2021 Functional subunits (hist) [513 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Subunit of an organ (or tissue) performing a certain function for the organ. e.g., nephrons in kidney, al...")
- 16:23, 12 August 2021 Fractionation and dose delivery patterns (hist) [447 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The dose per fraction of radiation is the total dose divided into a particular number of fractions. A ver...")
- 16:21, 12 August 2021 Fluoroscopically or computed tomography guided interventions (hist) [1,020 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Procedures comprising image guided therapeutic or diagnostic interventions by percutaneous or other acces...")
- 16:19, 12 August 2021 Exogenous excretion (hist) [269 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Term used to specify the (faecal) excretion of material that passes through the alimentary tract without...")
- 16:18, 12 August 2021 DRL quantity (hist) [819 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A commonly and easily measured or determined radiation metric (e.g. K<sub>a,e</sub>, K<sub>a,i</sub>, CTD...")
- 16:16, 12 August 2021 DRL value (hist) [957 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An arbitrary notional value of a DRL quantity usually set at the 75th percentile of the distribution...")
- 16:13, 12 August 2021 DRL process (hist) [330 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The cyclical process of establishing DRL values using them as a tool for optimisation and subsequently de...")
- 16:10, 12 August 2021 Dose-length product (hist) [784 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A parameter used as a surrogate measure for patient dose in a computed tomography scan of length L. By co...")
- 16:07, 12 August 2021 Diagnostic reference level (hist) [1,550 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A diagnostic reference level is a form of investigation level used as a tool to aid in optimisation of p...")
- 16:04, 12 August 2021 Detector quantum efficiency (hist) [912 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A measure of the combined effects of the signal (related to image contrast) and noise performance of an i...")
- 16:03, 12 August 2021 Exposure index (hist) [571 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Indicator displayed on digital radiography equipment (computed radiography or digital radiography) relate...")
- 16:01, 12 August 2021 Dental and maxillofacial imaging (hist) [609 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Dental and maxillofacial imaging refers to imaging of high-contrast structures related to the teeth and j...")
- 15:56, 12 August 2021 Cone beam computed tomography (hist) [1,423 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A form of x-ray computed tomography in which the x rays in the form of a divergent cone or pyramid expose...")
- 15:54, 12 August 2021 Collimation (hist) [212 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Geometrical limitation of the extent of the radiation beam. (from ICRP Publication 129, 2015) '''Re...")
- 15:53, 12 August 2021 Cobblestone area forming cell assay (hist) [241 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An in-vitro assay of primitive, self-renewing haematopoietic progenitor cells in marrow. (from ICRP Pu...")
- 15:52, 12 August 2021 Clonogenic surviving fraction (hist) [371 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The fraction of clonogenic cells that survive exposure to, or treatment with, an agent that causes cell d...")
- 15:50, 12 August 2021 Clinical audit (hist) [508 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A systematic examination or review of medical radiological procedures that seeks to improve the quality a...")
- 15:48, 12 August 2021 Carers and comforters (hist) [450 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Individuals other than staff who care for and comfort patients. These individuals include parents and ot...")
- 15:43, 12 August 2021 Broad beam therapy irradiation technique (hist) [390 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Irradiation technique where incident beam from an accelerator is broadened laterally to cover the target...")
- 15:41, 12 August 2021 Breakpoint cluster region/abelson (hist) [227 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A unique chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)-associated genomic rearrangement. (from [[ICRP Publication 131]...")
- 15:39, 12 August 2021 Spread-out Bragg peak (hist) [305 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The extended isoeffect region in depth formed by the optimal stacking of multiple depth dose curves of p...")
- 15:37, 12 August 2021 Bragg peak (hist) [1,130 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The Bragg peak is a pronounced peak on the Bragg curve that plots the energy loss of ion beams during the...")
- 15:34, 12 August 2021 Brachytherapy (hist) [255 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Radiation treatment of a patient using sealed sources of radiation placed within the patient’s body. (...")
- 15:33, 12 August 2021 Automatic exposure control (hist) [318 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A device that automatically determines and provides the exposure needed to produce a preselected image qu...")
- 15:30, 12 August 2021 AML/eto (hist) [291 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)-associated chimeric gene/gene product resulting from reciprocal chromosomal...")
- 15:29, 12 August 2021 Apoptosis (hist) [1,002 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An active biochemical process of programmed cell death following radiation, other insults or triggering s...")
- 15:26, 12 August 2021 Air kerma at the patient entrance reference point (hist) [1,031 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The air kerma at a point in space located at a fixed distance from the focal spot (see “Patient en...")
- 15:24, 12 August 2021 Adenoma (hist) [448 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A benign tumour of glandular origin. Adenomas can grow from many organs including the colon, adrenal glan...")
- 15:16, 12 August 2021 Working level month (hist) [882 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The cumulative exposure from breathing an atmosphere at a concentration of 1 [working level] (WL) for a w...")
- 15:13, 12 August 2021 Working level (hist) [1,223 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary In the context of exposure to Radon and Radon progeny, the historical unit for potential alpha energy con...")
- 15:08, 12 August 2021 Worker (hist) [336 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Any person who is employed, whether full time, part time, or temporarily, by an employer, and who has rec...")
- 15:05, 12 August 2021 Waste management (hist) [249 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The whole sequence of operations starting with the generation of waste and ending with disposal. (from [...")
- 15:02, 12 August 2021 Upper reference levels (hist) [286 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Maximum values of exposure under which ICRP recommends national authorities to establish their own nation...")
- 15:00, 12 August 2021 Trophic level (hist) [518 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The hierarchy within a food web characterized by organisms that share the same function in a food chain....")
- 14:59, 12 August 2021 Transmission detection system (hist) [769 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A security screening device using ionising radiation to create an image by measuring radiation transmitte...")
- 14:57, 12 August 2021 Thoron progeny (hist) [556 bytes] Chris Clement (talk | contribs) (Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Short-lived radioactive decay products of radon-220. In the context of thoron exposure, the following pro...")