Talk:Dosimetry

Question regrading organ dose weighting values
Does anyone know where the table of organ dose weighting factors comes from? It does not seem to be consistent with either ICRP-26 or ICRP-60. For example, ICRP-26 gives the factor for the gonads as 0.25 and ICRP reduces this to 0.20 but the table in the article gives a factor of just 0.08!In addition, the coefficients don't add up to 1, as they must! --PloniAlmoni (talk) 07:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I AGREE WITH MR. PLONI. A LOT OF CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE ACCORDING TO ICRP 103. THE TABLE SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS Gonads                0.08 Breast                0.12 Red bone marrow       0.12 Lung                  0.12 Thyroid               0.04 Bone surfaces         0.01 Colon                 0.12 Stomach               0.12 Bladder               0.04 Oesophagus            0.04 Liver                 0.04 Brain                   - Kidney                  - Salivary Glands       0.01 Skin                  0.01 Remainder             0.12

Reference: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2008/secy2008-0092/enclosure.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.197.30.2 (talk) 10:07, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * See ICRP-119
 * Tissue weighting factors


 * sunja (talk) 04:57, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Radiobiology?
I would have though that the discussion of radiobiology, (eg. effective dose and equivalent dose) should occur elsewhere. This article should keep itself to discussion of how to measure dose, and link to the relevant radiobiology pages. Martin.speleo (talk) 09:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

^^Partially agree. Short definitions with links to the appropriate pages.

definitions of dose
I have needed to make a number of changes to this very muddled and inaccurate page. The measures of dose were not defined properly and there appeared to be confusion between dose equivalent (an archaic term that is rarely used now) and effective dose. Calculation of E is based on equivalent dose (in Sv), not absorbed dose (in Gy) as stated. The standard of English was quite poor and the page would be of little use to a lay person (e.g. someone with no previous knowledge who is concerned about a dose they may have received). The page needs a lot more work, including insertion of references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xapbpoh (talk • contribs) 10:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I've added two graphics which I hope go a way to sorting out confusion on dose quantities, also some text. Dougsim (talk) 15:55, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Merging with radiation exposure monitoring
I agree with the proposal to merge. Dosimetry is the science/discipline which deals with radiation exposure monitoring, so all relevant information from that article should be within dosimetry. However, there is some localised information which I think will be of little general interest. Dougsim (talk) 06:49, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Having spent some time on a large overhaul of dose quantities and radiological protection pages, I now think it is best to not merge as the other article is a managerial system which will confuse general understanding of dosimetry. I have put an explanation in the lead of the other article explaining what it is really about. I have removed merge template Dougsim (talk) 15:50, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

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