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dosimetry
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dosimetry /do·sim·e·try/ (do-sim´ĕ-tre) scientific determination of amount, rate, and distribution of radiation emitted from a source of ionizing radiation, in biological d. measuring the radiation-induced changes in a body or organism, and in physical d. measuring the levels of radiation directly with instruments.
do·sim·e·try (d-sm-tr)
n.
The accurate measurement of doses, especially of radiation.

dosimetry
[dōsim′ətrē]
Etymology: Gk, dosis, giving, metron, measure
1 the determination of the amount, rate, and distribution of radiation or radioactivity from a source of ionizing radiation.
2 the accurate determination of medicinal doses based on body size, sex, age, and other factors.

dosimetry (dōsim´etrē),
n the accurate and systematic determination of the amount of radiation to which an animal or person has been exposed during a given period.

dosimetry
scientific determination of amount, rate and distribution of radiation emitted from a source of ionizing radiation.

dosimetry
Radiation physics The formal science that measures and calculates doses and format of radiation to be administered to a Pt with a disease requiring RT, in particular cancer. See Definitive radiation, EPR dosimetry, Radiation.


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