The roentgen equivalent man (rem) is a CGS unit of equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose, which are dose measures used to estimate potential...

gray and becquerel (author's translation from the German original)]", Röntgen-Blätter, 29 (1): 49–52, PMID 1251122. Lind, SC (1946), "New units for the...

The roentgen or röntgen (/ˈrɛntɡən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-/; symbol R) is a legacy unit of measurement for the exposure of X-rays and gamma rays, and is defined...

The Röntgen equivalent physical or rep (symbol rep) is a legacy unit of absorbed dose first introduced by Herbert Parker in 1945 to replace an improper...

that in that case the dose in grays equals the dose in sieverts. Wilhelm Röntgen first discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895, and their use spread very...

discovery because Röntgen had his lab notes burned after his death, but this is a likely reconstruction by his biographers: Röntgen was investigating...

found to be equivalent to 88 ergs in air. It marked a shift towards measurements based on energy rather than charge. The Röntgen equivalent physical (rep)...

irradiated material. For beta radiation this is numerically equal to the equivalent dose measured by the sievert, which indicates the stochastic biological...

is the personal dose equivalent, which is defined by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as the dose equivalent in soft tissue at an...

unit of measure for equivalent dose is the sievert, defined as one Joule per kg. In the United States the roentgen equivalent man (rem), equal to 0.01...

respiratory protection was used. The sievert has its origin in the röntgen equivalent man (rem) which was derived from CGS units. The International Commission...

which did not necessarily represent the effect on other media. Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895, and their use spread very quickly...

meeting, which originally defined the curie, it was proposed to make it equivalent to 10 nanograms of radium (a practical amount). But Marie Curie, after...

of radiation for a human is around 4–5 Sv (400–500 rem). In 1898, The Röntgen Society (Currently the British Institute of Radiology) established a committee...

dose or dose equivalent is used. The dose equivalent measures the effective radiation dosage in a specific organ or tissue. The dose equivalent is calculated...

X-rays in dry air is called the exposure, for which a legacy unit, the röntgen, was used from 1928. This has been replaced by kerma, now mainly used for...

type is equivalent to a specific quantity of deposited dose. More can be found on radiation dose and dose rate at absorbed dose and equivalent dose. Disintegrations...

Personal Dose Equivalent Hp(10), is sufficient to estimate an effective dose value suitable for radiological protection. Personal Dose Equivalent is a radiation...

Level C equivalent: Bunker gear Firefighter protective clothing Flame/water resistant Helmet, gloves, foot gear, and hood Level B equivalent: Non-gas-tight...

radiologic units of measurement gray and becquerel (author's translation from the German original)]", Röntgen-Blätter, 29 (1): 49–52, PMID 1251122. v t e...

2019. Key areas of focus: Mines, Medicine and Space travel. A year after Röntgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, the American engineer Wolfram Fuchs gave...

body; this is known as the equivalent dose and is shown in Sv. The general relationship between absorbed dose and equivalent dose can be represented as...

by the gray; and the rem (Röntgen equivalent man), now replaced by the sievert. The rad and rem are essentially equivalent for almost all nuclear medicine...

effectiveness (RBE) Röntgen (unit) (roentgen) (symbol R) röntgen equivalent man (rem) sievert (symbol: Sv) (unit of dose equivalent) list of environment...

0×10−4 Gy rad rad 100 erg⋅g−1 1953 0.010 Gy Equivalent dose (H) sievert Sv J⋅kg−1 × WR 1977 SI unit röntgen equivalent man rem 100 erg⋅g−1 × WR 1971 0.010 Sv Effective...

7 × 1010 s−1 1953 non-SI becquerel Bq s−1 1974 SI Dose equivalent (H) röntgen equivalent man rem 100 erg•g−1 1971 non-SI sievert Sv J•kg−1 1977 SI Fluence...

shows radiation quantities in SI and non-SI units. Gray (unit) Sievert Equivalent dose Relative biological effectiveness Bushberg et al., 2002. The Essential...

personnel receiving radiation exposures in excess of 5 rem whole body, or its equivalent to any part of the body, for the duration of the accident. Equipment at...

measurements with his electric motor led Joule to estimate the mechanical equivalent of heat as 4.1868 joules per calorie of work to raise the temperature...

was launched at the 1904 World's Fair. German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays studying electrification of low pressure gas. He X-rayed...