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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on July 18, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 130(2):123-124; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn196
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This is a non-trivial question when it comes to radiation dosimetry. The determination of absorbed dose or dose equivalent is often more than an academic exercise or a research project. In the medical application of ionising radiation, the difference between a dose delivered to a tumour being too low or too high can result in either a recurrence or complications due to late effects. In this case, the dose has to be just right. And, the degree of just-rightedness may require the combined standard uncertainty (with no coverage factor) to be just a few percent. If the radiation is being used to sterilise disposable medical products, a similar situation can occur, although the required uncertainty may be somewhat larger. Too . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Joseph C. McDonald, Editor-in-Chief


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