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What does the ‘relative biological effectiveness’ (RBE) of radiation depends on?

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What does the ‘relative biological effectiveness’ (RBE) of radiation depends on?

  1. The recommended maximum permissible dose of radiation.
  2. The amount of radiation absorbed by the whole body.
  3. The dose of radiation that is actually absorbed in the tissue.
  4. The energy deposited in the tissue per millimetre of distance travelled through the tissue.
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waelhammad
2022-10-21
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D: If radiation deposits energy of 1 MeV along its path of 1 mm, more damage would be produced (the radiation would be more “effective”) than if the 1 MeV of energy deposited was spread out along a path length of 10 cm.

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