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- 14:24, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+154) N 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 (diff | hist) (+156) N 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 (diff | hist) (+174) N 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 (diff | hist) (+150) N 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 (diff | hist) (+139) N 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 (diff | hist) (+350) N 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...")
- 14:16, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+37) ICRP Glossary
- 14:13, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-26) ICRP Glossary
- 14:13, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+433) N 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 (diff | hist) (+367) N 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 (diff | hist) (+255) N 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 (diff | hist) (+201) N 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 (diff | hist) (-18) ICRP Glossary
- 14:01, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+193) N 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...")
- 14:00, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Radiofrequency ablation
- 13:59, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+539) N 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 (diff | hist) (+462) N 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 (diff | hist) (+205) N 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...")
- 13:51, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) ICRP Glossary
- 13:42, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+242) N 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 (diff | hist) (+386) N 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 (diff | hist) (+337) N 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 (diff | hist) (-25) ICRP Glossary
- 13:22, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+185) N 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 -...")
- 13:21, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-29) ICRP Glossary
- 13:20, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+333) N 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 (diff | hist) (+176) N 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 (diff | hist) (+203) N 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 (diff | hist) (+352) N 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 (diff | hist) (+341) N 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 (diff | hist) (+184) N 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 (diff | hist) (+310) N 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 (diff | hist) (+2) DNA damage signalling
- 13:13, 10 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+218) N 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 (diff | hist) (-29) ICRP Glossary
- 17:49, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+430) N 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 (diff | hist) (-25) ICRP Glossary
- 17:48, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+236) N 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 (diff | hist) (+343) N 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 (diff | hist) (+1) Cardiomyopathy
- 17:43, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+257) N 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 (diff | hist) (+279) N 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 (diff | hist) (+385) N 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 (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
- 19:35, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+674) N 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 (diff | hist) (+212) N 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 (diff | hist) (+141) N 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 (diff | hist) (+307) N 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...")
- 19:26, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+163) N Dose rate (Created page with "The radiation dose delivered per unit time and measured, for example, in grays per hour. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 19:26, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+381) N Dose per unit intake coefficient (Created page with "The committed effective dose per radionuclide intake, e(τ), or committed equivalent dose to the tissue or organ rT per radionuclide intake, h<sub>T</sub>(r<sub>T</sub>,τ), w...")
- 19:24, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+12) ICRP Glossary
- 19:20, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-77) ICRP Glossary
- 19:19, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-5) Computed tomography dose index
- 19:15, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+82) Annual dose
- 19:15, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+361) N Decontamination factor (Created page with "The ratio of the activity per unit area (or per unit mass or volume) before a particular decontamination technique is applied to the activity per unit area (or per unit mass o...")
- 19:13, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-34) ICRP Glossary
- 19:13, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-21) ICRP Glossary
- 19:12, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+20) Computed tomography dose index
- 19:09, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1,460) N Computed tomography dose index (Created page with "A dose quantity defined to give indication of doses to the patient undergoing CT scans. The basic CTDI is the average absorbed dose at the center of the standard CT phantom im...")
- 18:53, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+517) N Committed equivalent dose (Created page with "The time integral of the equivalent dose rate in a particular tissue or organ that will be received by an individual following intake of radioactive material into the body by...")
- 18:43, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+32) ICRP Glossary
- 18:42, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+717) N Committed effective dose (Created page with "The sum of the products of the sex-averaged committed organ- or tissue-equivalent doses, <math>H_T(τ)</math>, and the appropriate tissue weighting factors (<math>w_T</math>),...")
- 18:28, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+134) N Chronic exposure (Created page with "Exposure received within a long period of time (in relation to the lifespan of the organism. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 18:27, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-27) ICRP Glossary
- 18:27, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-27) ICRP Glossary
- 18:27, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+317) N Reference biokinetic model (Created page with "A mathematical model that describes the intake, uptake, distribution and retention of a radionuclide in various organs and tissues of the body of a reference person, and the s...")
- 18:26, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+10) ICRP Glossary
- 18:10, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Reference bioassay function
- 18:09, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Reference bioassay function
- 18:09, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+692) N Reference bioassay function (Created page with "A set of tabulated values <math>m_{(t)}</math> predicted by a reference biokinetic model describing the time course of the activity in the body (‘retention function’) or t...")
- 18:06, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+10) ICRP Glossary
- 17:57, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+8) Bioassay
- 17:56, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+42) Bioassay
- 17:56, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+276) N Bioassay (Created page with "Any procedure used to determine the nature, activity, location, or retention of radionuclides in the body by direct (in-vivo) measurement or by indirect (in- vitro) analysis o...")
- 17:55, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+135) N Background dose (rate) (Created page with "Dose (or dose rate) attributable to all sources other than the one(s) specifically addressed. ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:55, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+214) N Annual dose (Created page with "The effective dose from external exposure in a calendar year plus the committed effective dose from intakes of radionuclides in that year. (Adapted from IAEA Glossary 2016)...")
- 17:54, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Air-kerma, product
- 17:54, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+16) Air-kerma, product
- 17:53, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+947) N Air-kerma, product (Created page with "The product of incident air kerma <math>K_i,</math> and area A of the x-ray beam in a plane perpendicular to the beam axis provides information on the extent of the x-ray be...")
- 17:51, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+397) N Air-kerma, incident (Created page with "In diagnostic radiology, this is the air kerma from the incident beam on the central x-ray beam axis at focal spot-to-skin distance (i.e. at skin entrance plane) without backs...")
- 17:50, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+675) N Air-kerma, entrance surface (Created page with "The air kerma on the central x-ray beam axis at the point where the x-ray beam enters the patient. The contribution of backscatter radiation is included through backscatter fa...")
- 17:47, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+10) Air-kerma rate constant
- 17:47, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-79) Air-kerma rate constant
- 17:46, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-19) ICRP Glossary
- 17:45, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+210) N Aerodynamic diameter (Created page with "Diameter of a unit density (1 g cm-3) sphere that has same terminal settling velocity in air as the particle of interest. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 130, 2015) ''...")
- 17:44, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+367) N Activity median thermodynamic diameter (Created page with "A value of aerodynamic diameter such that 50% of the activity in the aerosol is associated with particles of thermodynamic diameter (dth) greater than the AMTD. The AMTD is us...")
- 17:44, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+234) N Action Level (Created page with "A measurable quantity (e.g. dose rate or activity concentration) above which remedial actions or protective actions should be carried out in existing exposure or emergency exp...")
- 17:43, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+169) N Accelerated fractionation (Created page with "Reduction in the overall time without a significant change in dose per fraction or total dose. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019''")
- 17:37, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+6) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:24, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+4) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:20, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+2) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:19, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-2) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:16, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 15:49, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-4) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 15:48, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+320) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 13:41, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+214) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 13:04, 6 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+57) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 19:38, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+13) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 19:38, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+7) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 19:06, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-12) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 19:06, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-77) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 19:02, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-72) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 18:50, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 18:47, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-49) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 18:39, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+94) N ICRP Supporting Guidance 2 (Created page with "{{#externalredirect: http://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Supporting%20Guidance%202}}") (current)
- 18:00, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+3) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:20, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+4) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:18, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:17, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+2) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 15:52, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 15:52, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 15:40, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1,274) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 15:38, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 15:34, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 15:34, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 15:33, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 15:27, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-2) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 15:26, 5 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-909) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 20:12, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+43) N International Commission on Radiological Protection (Created page with "{{#externalredirect: http://www.icrp.org/}}") (current)
- 20:10, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-286) ICRP (current)
- 20:06, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) ICRP
- 20:03, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+287) ICRP
- 19:58, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+43) N ICRP (Created page with "{{#externalredirect: http://www.icrp.org/}}")
- 19:42, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+149) N X ray (Created page with "Electromagnetic radiation emitted from outside the nucleus of an atom due to the energy loss of electrons. ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:42, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-20) ICRP Glossary
- 19:42, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-27) ICRP Glossary
- 19:41, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-17) ICRP Glossary
- 19:39, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+136) N Tissue equivalent material (Created page with "Material presenting, when irradiated, interaction properties similar to those of soft tissue. ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:37, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+236) N Spontaneous fission (Created page with "A decay mechanism resulting in splitting of the nucleus into lighter nuclei, referred to as ‘fission fragments’, with the emission of neutrons. (Adapted from ICRP Public...")
- 19:36, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+283) N Solar cosmic radiation (Created page with "Radiation emitted from the Sun. This radiation includes continuously emitted electrons and protons (solar wind), and high-energy particles (mainly electrons and protons) emitt...")
- 19:36, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+171) N Senescence (Created page with "A permanent arrest of cell division associated with differentiation, ageing, or cellular damage. (ICRP Publicatio 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:35, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+299) N Rigidity (Created page with "The magnetic rigidity of an ion given by its momentum (often given in units of GeV c-1) divided by its charge. Parameter used for characterising the movement of a high-energy...")
- 19:34, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-19) ICRP Glossary
- 19:34, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-12) ICRP Glossary
- 19:34, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+353) N Radioresponsiveness (Created page with "Rate of response of a tissue to irradiation. In context of radiotherapy, it means the degree of reduction of tumor volume or tumor cell survival after irradiation. It depends...")
- 19:31, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1,230) N Radionuclides of natural origin (Created page with "Radionuclides that occur naturally on Earth. They include <sup>3</sup>H, <sup>7</sup>Be, <sup>14</sup>C, <sup>40</sup>K and radionuclides in the decay chains of the primordial...")
- 19:26, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+397) N Radioactivity (Created page with "The property of an unstable atomic nucleus losing energy by emitting radiation (radioactive decay). Radioactivity also refers to the expectation value of the number of radioac...")
- 19:26, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+147) N Radioactive substance (Created page with "Radioactive substance is a term to represent a qualitative property regardless of the level of activity. ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:25, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+149) N Radioactive source (Created page with "A term specifically to indicate a source containing radioactive material. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:14, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+310) N Programmed cell death (Created page with "Cell death that occurs as the result of an active intracellular process of self-destruction. Examples include apoptosis, autophagy, senescence, and, in some cases, even necros...")
- 19:14, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-16) ICRP Glossary
- 19:13, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-31) ICRP Glossary
- 19:12, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-29) ICRP Glossary
- 19:12, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+183) N Mendelian diseases (Created page with "Heritable diseases attributable to mutations in one or both copies (alleles) of a single gene. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry - Jun...")
- 19:11, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+160) N Latent time/period or latency interval (Created page with "Time between (onset of) irradiation and clinical manifestation of radiation effects. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 19:11, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-33) ICRP Glossary
- 19:10, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-18) ICRP Glossary
- 19:10, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+200) N Isotropic geometry (Created page with "A radiation field in which the mono-energetic particle fluence per unit of solid angle is independent of direction. (ICRP Publication 119, 2012, Para 12) ''ICRP Glossa...")
- 19:09, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Isomers
- 19:09, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+323) N Isomers (Created page with "Nuclei of the same atomic number Z and mass number A, but with a different energy state and different physical half-life. Isomers of energy above the ground state are identifi...")
- 19:08, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-32) ICRP Glossary
- 19:07, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Interphase death
- 19:07, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+283) N Interphase death (Created page with "Death of an irradiated cell before it reaches mitosis. Sometimes the term is wrongly used as a synonym for ‘apoptosis’, but interphase death can occur through mechanisms o...")
- 19:06, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+288) N Internal conversion electron (Created page with "An internal conversion electron is an orbital electron ejected from the atom as a result of the energy difference between states of the nucleus being transferred directly to a...")
- 19:06, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+265) N Inner bremsstrahlung (Created page with "Inner bremsstrahlung is a continuous electromagnetic radiation produced by the sudden change of nuclear charge which occurs in beta-plus, beta-minus, or electron-capture decay...")
- 19:05, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+208) N Hypoplasia (Created page with "Reduction in cell numbers in a tissue, for example, due to radiation-induced impairment of proliferation in early-responding tissues. (ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICR...")
- 19:04, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Half-life, physical
- 19:04, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+203) N Half-life, physical (Created page with "The time interval required for an amount of a certain radioactive nuclide to decay to half of its original value. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 119, 2012) ''ICRP Glo...")
- 19:03, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-36) ICRP Glossary
- 19:03, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+214) N Gamma ray (Created page with "Gamma-rays are electromagnetic radiations (photons) emitted by the nucleus in transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state. (ICRP Publication 107, 2007) '...")
- 19:02, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+539) N Galactic cosmic radiation (Created page with "Charged particle radiation that enters the heliosphere continuously from outer space from all directions. The radiation contains electrons (approximately 2%) and a broad range...")
- 19:01, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+293) N Forbiddenness (Created page with "Beta transitions are classified as allowed transition or forbidden transition based on the spin and parity of the nuclear states involved in the transition. Forbiddenness indi...")
- 19:01, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-36) ICRP Glossary
- 19:00, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+359) N Field-size effect (Volume effect) (Created page with "The dependence of normal tissue damage on the size of the irradiated area (particularly in skin); in modern literature, typically referred to as the ‘volume effect’. Large...")
- 18:59, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) ICRP Glossary
- 18:59, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+15) ICRP Glossary
- 18:57, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Exponential survival curve
- 18:57, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+255) N Exponential survival curve (Created page with "A survival curve without a threshold or shoulder region which is a straight line when the logarithm of survival fraction is plotted against the dose on a linear scale. (Adapte...")
- 18:56, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+272) N Electron-capture decay (Created page with "In electron-capture decay, the nucleus of an atom of atomic number Z and mass number A captures an atomic electron and emits a neutrino (ν) to form an atom of atomic number Z...")
- 18:53, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+493) N Effective half-life (Created page with "Time taken for the activity of a radionuclide in a specified place to halve its activity as a result of all relevant processes. Effective half-life Teff may be determined by:...")
- 18:45, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+60) Effective charge number
- 18:34, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+345) N Effective charge number (Created page with "The charge number Z of a nucleus reduced by a factor depending on the relative velocity (velocity of the nucleus relative to the velocity of light) which takes account of the...")
- 18:31, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+331) N Early normal tissue responses (Created page with "Radiation-induced normal tissue damage that is expressed weeks to a few months after exposure (by definition, within approximately 90 days after onset of exposure, e.g. in rad...")
- 18:30, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-19) ICRP Glossary
- 18:29, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-23) ICRP Glossary
- 18:28, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+231) N Decay constant (Created page with "Probability of a given nucleus in a particular energy state undergoing a spontaneous nuclear transition from that energy state in a unit time interval. The SI unit of decay co...")
- 18:28, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+128) N Curie (Created page with "Non-SI unit of radioactivity, equal to 3.7x1010 Bq. The SI unit is the becquerel (Bq). ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 18:27, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+212) N Coster-Kronig transition (Created page with "CK transition is an Auger transition in which the atomic shell vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell. (ICRP Publication 107, 2007) ''[...")
- 18:27, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-6) Constancy test
- 18:26, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+340) N Constancy test (Created page with "A series of tests performed in specified time intervals to ensure that the functional performance of equipment meets established criteria, or to enable the early recognition o...")
- 18:26, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+311) N Consequential late effects (Created page with "In radiation oncology, late normal tissue (in contrast to “tumor tissue”) complications induced by a high dose radiation exposure, which occur as a consequence of a nonhea...")
- 18:25, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+145) N Colony (Created page with "The clone of cells derived from a single clonogenic cell. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 118, 2012) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019''")
- 18:23, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+453) N Cell death (Created page with "In the context of radiobiology, cell death is equated with any process that leads to the permanent loss of clonogenic capacity, often termed ‘loss of reproductive integrity...")
- 18:22, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+181) N Bystander effect (Created page with "A response in unirradiated cells that is triggered by signals received from irradiated neighbouring cells. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry - June...")
- 18:18, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+187) N Branching fraction (Created page with "Fraction of the nuclear transformations of a radionuclide that forms a particular daughter nuclide. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 107, 2007) ''ICRP Glossary entry -...")
- 18:17, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+285) N Beta-plus decay (Created page with "In beta-plus decay, the nucleus of an atom of atomic number Z and mass number A emits a positively-charged electron (positron) and a neutrino to form an atom of atomic number...")
- 18:14, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+280) N Beta-minus decay (Created page with "In beta-minus decay, the nucleus of an atom of atomic number Z and mass number A emits a negatively-charged electron and an antineutrino to form an atom of atomic number Z+1 a...")
- 18:12, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+262) N Auger transition (Created page with "The filling of a vacancy in an inner electron shell of an atom, e.g. as created in electron capture, is accompanied by the emission of an electron from the outer shell, an Aug...")
- 18:12, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+525) N Annihilation photons (Created page with "The electromagnetic radiation (photons) emitted as a positron–electron pair undergoes annihilation. Annihilation generally occurs after the positron has lost its initial kin...")
- 17:56, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:56, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-1) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:55, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+12) Application of ionising radiation in healthcare (old)
- 17:55, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+11) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:55, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+12) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:54, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-11) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:53, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+4) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:53, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (-30) Information for healthcare providers (old)
- 17:51, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+5) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:51, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (+7) Information for patients, family members, carers and the public (old)
- 17:44, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) N File:LINAC dog.jpg (current)
- 17:44, 4 June 2019 (diff | hist) (0) N File:Portable PET 1.6.jpg (current)
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