In dosimetry, linear energy transfer (LET) is the amount of energy that an ionizing particle transfers to the material traversed per unit distance. It...

are same concepts. Although the CIPM definition states that the linear energy transfer function of the ICRU is used in calculating the biological effect...

tissue in different ways. Photons and beta particles have a low linear energy transfer (LET) coefficient, meaning that they ionize atoms in the tissue...

dimensionless factor Q (quality factor) defined as a function of linear energy transfer by the ICRU" H = Q × D The value of Q is not defined further by...

has also been performed. These studies require adjustments for photon energy, dose-rate, and country of origin as well as adjustments made in single...

will interact with the protons in hydrogen via linear energy transfer, energy that a particle transfers to the material it is moving through. This mechanism...

the ion as well). Linear electronic stopping power is identical to unrestricted linear energy transfer. Instead of energy transfer, some models consider...

have undergone therapeutic radiation treatments have received low-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation (x-rays and gamma rays) doses in the same 50-2,000...

high-energy photon radiation: X-rays and gamma rays, which produce low-linear energy transfer (low-LET) radiation from secondary electrons. While in space, astronauts...

the font is owned by Letraset; for example, Academy Engraved LET Linear energy transfer, a property of ionizing radiation's interactions with matter Lorentz...

was too small for laser ranging from the Earth).  United States Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer (LETS) NASA Space radiation can harm astronauts on...

conservation of energy, energy is transferable to a different location or object, but it cannot be created or destroyed. The energy in many of its forms...

effective energy of the radiative source. The amount of energy deposited as the particles traverse a section of tissue is referred to as the linear energy transfer...

effective biological shield, proper attention must be made to the linear energy transfer of the particles as they propagate through the shield. In nuclear...

a short distance before stopping. Such hydrogen nuclei are high linear energy transfer particles, and are in turn stopped by ionization of the material...

standard alpha radioactive decay, alpha particles generally have a kinetic energy of about 5 MeV and a velocity in the vicinity of 4% of the speed of light...

ionizing-density-radiation (beta-, gamma-, or x-rays), or so-called low linear energy transfer (LET) radiations. Radiosensitivity varies most rapidly for oxygen...

Span Study of atomic bomb survivors, see Epidemiology data for low-linear energy transfer radiation Linhard–Scharff–Schiøt theory in ion physics LSS (gene)...

radiation produced in tissue such as low energy protons, helium, and heavy ions are of high linear energy transfer (LET) and make significant contributions...

mirrors are capable of concentrating the sun's energy to approximately 30 times its normal intensity. Linear Fresnel reflectors use long, thin segments of...

for equivalent radiation exposure. Alpha radiation has a high linear energy transfer (LET) coefficient, which is about one ionization of a molecule/atom...

work or energy in the engineering and gravitational systems in United States customary and imperial units of measure. It is the energy transferred upon applying...

cell. Both low linear energy transfer and high linear energy transfer photons have been shown to produce RIBE. Low linear energy transfer photons were reported...

dose rates. Stopping power (particle radiation) Bremsstrahlung Linear energy transfer Proton therapy Charlie Ma, C-M; Lomax, Tony (2012). Proton and carbon...

data to a particle linear energy transfer spectrum. The Weibull fit was originally used because of a belief that particle energy levels align to a statistical...

(2006–) "linear free-energy relation". doi:10.1351/goldbook.L03551 Lassila JK, Zalatan JG, Herschlag D (2011-06-15). "Biological phosphoryl-transfer reactions:...

(linear energy transfer) and have an antitumor effect independent of tumor oxygen supply because these particles act mostly via direct energy transfer...

disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is considered radioactive...

statement to Geoff Meggitt, former UK Atomic Energy Authority. Sanders, Charles (2010). Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption. p. 47. Bibcode:2010rhln...

are irradiated with low-energy thermal neutrons, they undergo nuclear capture reactions, releasing high linear energy transfer (LET) particles such as...