Säteilyannostuksen
Säteilyannostus refers to the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by a material or a living organism. It is a crucial concept in radiation protection and medical physics. The absorbed dose is a fundamental quantity, typically measured in units of Gray (Gy), where one Gray is equivalent to one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of mass. However, simply knowing the absorbed dose is often insufficient to assess biological risk, as different types of radiation cause varying degrees of biological damage even when delivering the same absorbed dose.
To account for this, the concept of equivalent dose was introduced. Equivalent dose considers the relative
Furthermore, for scenarios involving internal exposure from radionuclides, the effective dose is used. This takes into